Enlarge Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Former President Bill Clinton hugs President Obama onstage after Clinton’s rousing speech during the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Former President Bill Clinton hugs President Obama onstage after Clinton’s rousing speech during the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C. If you missed the […]
Enlarge Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Former President Bill Clinton speaks Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Former President Bill Clinton speaks Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention. President Obama still has a case to make for a second term, and specific people to whom he needs to make it. But while it’s two
Enlarge P.B. Marko/Ecology Letters A male Solenosteira macrospira, left, carries snail eggs on its shell. But not all of the eggs were fertilized by him. Females, like the one on the right, deposit the eggs into papery capsules and attach them to the males’ shells. P.B. Marko/Ecology Letters A male Solenosteira macrospira, left, carries snail
Enlarge Alex Wong/Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., attends a practice session at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. On Tuesday, Reid also attended a gathering with other Mormon Democrats. Alex Wong/Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., attends a practice session at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. On
Transcript of San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro’s keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, as prepared for delivery: Enlarge Jason Reed/Reuters /Landov San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro delivers the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday. Jason Reed/Reuters /Landov San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro delivers the keynote address at the
Transcript of first lady Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, as prepared for delivery: Enlarge Alex Wong/Getty Images First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday Alex Wong/Getty Images First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday Thank you
Enlarge Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on the floor of the Time Warner Cable Arena on Sunday. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on the floor of the Time Warner Cable Arena on Sunday. Unlike what Republicans did in Tampa last week, Democrats will lay out a clear plan to
Enlarge Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images A transgender woman begs for alms from motorists at a traffic stop in Rawalpindi, outside Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 27. Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images A transgender woman begs for alms from motorists at a traffic stop in Rawalpindi, outside Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 27. Urban Pakistan assaults your senses: tangles of traffic,
Throughout the Republican National Convention, we asked people in Tampa why they were Republicans. Enlarge Stephen Boitano/AP Councilman Marion Barry in 2009. Stephen Boitano/AP Councilman Marion Barry in 2009. We’re doing the same thing here in Charlotte, N.C. for the Democratic National Convention. We started by asking Marion Barry, the former mayor of Washington, D.C.
Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images U.S. soldiers still patrol in Afghanistan, like this one speaking with a young man in the eastern province of Khost in August. However, Afghan forces are taking on increased responsibility as the U.S. draws down and prepares for its troops to leave by the end of 2014. Tens of thousands of American
City Academy in St. Paul, Minn., became the nation’s first publicly funded, privately run charter school when it opened its doors in 1992. Its founders, all veteran public school teachers, had tried but failed to create new programs for struggling students in their own schools. The school helped launch a movement that has since grown
Enlarge AFP/Getty Images Members of historical clubs, dressed as Russian cavalry, advance during the 2010 re-enactment of the 1812 battle between Napoleon’s army and Russian troops in Borodino. AFP/Getty Images Members of historical clubs, dressed as Russian cavalry, advance during the 2010 re-enactment of the 1812 battle between Napoleon’s army and Russian troops in Borodino.