Vol. 143 No. 12, April 2011
Index
- Analyze the photo.
- Analyze the political cartoon.
- Forbidden Paris.
- Singing for Qaddafi.
- Can spit help solve a historical mystery?
- Gossiping prairie dogs.
- How green are your jeans?
- 32%.
- 44 million.
- 71%.
- 85%.
- Jefferson's bookshelf.
- Now on the menu: McWeddings.
- Zero.
- Disaster in Japan: what the deadly earthquake and tsunami mean for Japan, the global economy, and the future of nuclear power in the United States.
- Mexico's drug problem: a deadly battle against Mexico's drug cartels has overtaken illegal immigration and trade as the top issue between Mexico and the United States.
- The civil war: 10 things you should know (but probably don't): we all know the basics, but America's bloodiest conflict was full of twists and turns, and the way it unfolded was more complicated than you think.
- 1991: the end of Apartheid: South Africa's brutal system of racial segregation was abolished 20 years ago, making way for democratic rule.
- Girls hit the mats: as more girls participate in high school wrestling, they're competing against--and defeating--boys.
- Who should pay for my stolen money? After agreeing to lend money to a friend, I withdrew it from the bank in cash. While I was on my way to deliver it to him, I was mugged. My friend was sympathetic but left it there, with no offer to pay me back. What should I do?
- Should the U.S. end birthright citizenship? Adopted in 1868, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees that everyone born in the United States is automatically a citizen.
- Cartoons.