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Snowden's disclosure prompts global debate over privacy versus national security

The debate over government surveillance versus individual privacy isn't confined to the United States. The revelations from Edward Snowden's National Security Agency leak have prompted investigations and allegations the world over.

Snowden's disclosure prompts global debate over privacy versus national security

After Snowden, Global Debate Over Privacy vs. National Security Gaining Momentum

After Snowden, Global Debate Over Privacy vs. National Security Gaining Momentum

New movie presents new spin on Franklin Roosevelt's personal life

New movie presents new spin on Franklin Roosevelt's personal life

Looking Back at FDR's Legacy Amidst Health Care Battle in the Supreme Court

Looking Back at FDR's Legacy Amidst Health Care Battle in the Supreme Court

The End of US Dual Ocean Navy Defense?

The End of US Dual Ocean Navy Defense?

Remembering an American contrarian: Christopher Hitchens dead of cancer

Christopher Hitchens, a man who wasn't afraid to take on anyone, died on Thursday of esophageal cancer. He was famous for his biting criticism of, well, everyone, from Henry Kissinger, "a war criminal," to Mother Theresa, "a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud,"

Remembering an American contrarian: Christopher Hitchens dead of cancer

Harnessing tides for electricity

Clean energy entrepreneurs are exploring how to turn tidal power into zero-emissions electricity with very little environmental impact.

Harnessing tides for electricity
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100 Years After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

The World's Jason Margolis looks at the legacy of New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on the global garment industry today. The fire, which occurred 100 years ago Friday, was one of the worst workplace disasters in US history.

100 Years After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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How Elena Kagan would change the Supreme Court's diversity makeup

President Obama announced yesterday his nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. If confirmed, Kagan would be the third woman and the third Jew ? the highest number ever of either group ? to sit in the high court.

How Elena Kagan would change the Supreme Court's diversity makeup

The regional cuisine of 1940s America

An outgrowth of the New Deal, What America Eats became a national compendium of regional cooking.

The regional cuisine of 1940s America
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Mark Kurlansky on What America Eats

During the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt decided that even unemployed writers needed to be put to work. So as part of the New Deal he created the Federal Writers Project and dispatched scribes to all corners of the nation.

Mark Kurlansky on What America Eats
The World

A green new deal

Franklin D. Roosevelt launched his New Deal in the first hundred days of his administration. Will President-elect Barack Obama embark on an ambitious green New Deal when he takes office?

A green new deal

The man who shaped FDR's public image

The story of the first real presidential press secretary, Stephen T. Early, who came to the White House with Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.

The man who shaped FDR's public image
The World

Obama in Baghdad

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama landed in Baghdad today on part of Obama's first major foreign trip as his party's presumptive nominee;

Obama in Baghdad