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.
Enlarge Terry Stevens/Courtesy of Liberty Wildlife Taking care of a young burrowing owl with a broken leg. Terry Stevens/Courtesy of Liberty Wildlife Taking care of a young burrowing owl with a broken leg. When a coyote is hit by a car or a Canada goose cuts its leg on a fishing line, the folks at
Enlarge Courtesy of Sound Art Catherine Goldwyn, founder of Sound Art. Courtesy of Sound Art Catherine Goldwyn, founder of Sound Art. Years ago, Catherine Goldwyn was director of a music studio at a community center in South Central Los Angeles. There she created a mobile music program. Since 2002, Sound Art has given thousands of
Enlarge Ross D. Franklin/AP Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in 2011. Federal authorities said Friday that they’re closing their abuse-of-power investigation without filing charges against him. Ross D. Franklin/AP Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in 2011. Federal authorities said Friday that they’re closing their abuse-of-power investigation without filing charges against him. Federal authorities said Friday
On a placid summer morning last month, before the Virginia heat could hit them, a former U.S. Marine and his partner lifted their rowing scull into the glassy water of the Rivanna River, near Charlottesville. “First thing I do is take these legs off,” said Rob Jones, who like his rowing partner, Oksana Masters, is
Enlarge Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images A rhesus monkey eats watermelon, provided by zookeepers, at the Kamla Nehru Zoological Gardens in India in May 2012. Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images A rhesus monkey eats watermelon, provided by zookeepers, at the Kamla Nehru Zoological Gardens in India in May 2012. Scientists have known for decades that lab rats and mice
via collectspace.com astronaut cover This week, Americans have been remembering Neil Armstrong. But before he walked on the moon, he had to solve a much more prosaic problem. “You’re about to embark on a mission that’s more dangerous than anything any human has ever done before,” Robert Pearlman, a space historian and collector with collectspace.com,