Barbara Bush Changed With Her Country
The former first lady was notably eager to learn about people she didn’t understand—and recognize she might have been wrong about them.
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Mario Tama / Getty Photo Updates From Kilauea: The Lava Meets the Sea
Since Kilauea volcano began its most recent eruptive activity on Hawaii's Big Island three weeks ago, the situation has evolved and worsened.
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Richard Seeley / Shutterstock Travel Monday: A Photo Trip to Southeast Alaska
Recent images from across southeast Alaska, a narrow strip of coastal islands and mountains that stretches more than 500 miles along the Pacific Ocean.
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Bill Taub / NASA Historic Photos of NASA's Cavernous Wind Tunnels
Throughout the 20th century, NASA made extensive use of wind tunnels to test and refine designs for airplanes, spacecraft, and many other vehicles and structures.
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The 99% Is a Myth—Here's How It Breaks Down
There is a new American aristocracy, and it's bigger than previously thought.
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Mario Tama / Getty Spectacular Images of the Recent Eruptions in Hawaii
The ongoing eruption of Kilauea volcano has opened as many as 20 new fissures on Hawaii's Big Island over the past two weeks.
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The Legal 'Pet-Poaching' Problem
In Miami, wild macaws are regularly captured for the pet trade—and under Florida law, it’s legal.
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When Mother's Day Means a Trip to Prison
Through an annual bus ride, a short documentary reveals the emotional impact of mass incarceration on children.
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USGS A Look Back at Kilauea's Spectacular 1969 to 1974 Mauna Ulu Eruption
As we wait to see how today’s eruptions in Hawaii will play out, take a moment to view some of Kilauea’s most striking photos from the Mauna Ulu eruption, which ended only 40 years ago.
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The 'Our Towns' Saga, on CBS Sunday Morning
On Tuesday of this coming week, May 8, the book that my wife, Deb, and I have been working on…
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Bruce Omori / Paradise Helicopters / EPA-EFE / ... Photos of Kilauea's Newest Lava Fissures on Hawaii's Big Island
The recent eruptions from several volcanic vents in a residential neighborhood on Hawaii’s Big Island have prompted the evacuation of thousands of residents.
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Jesse Lenz Live-Streaming the Apocalypse With NRATV
The online-streaming service of the National Rifle Association is part lifestyle channel, part gun-lobby orifice—and it wants to make you buy firearms.
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A Sunny Seattle Day
I’ve been traveling recently, and was unable to compose a proper photo story for today, so I hope you’ll indulge me if I just share a few pictures I took in and around Seattle yesterday.
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How America Broke the Presidency
Two centuries after its design, the president's office is unworkable.
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Mark Weaver The Reinvention of America
Americans don’t realize how fast the country is moving toward becoming a better version of itself.
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The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library / Ricardo ... Photos From State Dinners Past
As the Trumps prepare to host their first state dinner on Tuesday, a look back at state dinners held by past U.S. presidents, from Eisenhower to Obama.
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Remembering Peter Claeys
I was very sorry to learn this week that Peter Claeys, whom you see in action above and in the…
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Is It Too Late to Stop the Rise of Marijuana, Inc.?
America is on the path to legalization, but as pot becomes a big business, lawmakers aren't yet wrestling with how to regulate it effectively.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters New York’s Double-Jeopardy Loophole
The state attorney general asked the legislature to change state law so that the president or his associates could be tried in New York even if pardoned under federal law.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP When Disadvantaged Students Overlook Elite Colleges
Many poor, minority high-schoolers don’t apply to top institutions even though they could get in—a decision that can have lasting consequences.
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ESA / Copernicus Sentinel Data The Megafire Burning in Oklahoma
In western Oklahoma, a region suffering through a harsh drought, several wildfires have recently broken out, including the Rhea Fire, a “megafire” which has burned more than 260,000 acres.
