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Is The Dictator Racist?

Yes. And it's not that funny either.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 17, 2012

Predators for Peace

Drones have revolutionized war. Why not let them deliver aid?

BY JACK C. CHOW | APRIL 27, 2012

Cervezagate

The ridiculous media riot over Hillary Clinton's beer in Cartagena.

APRIL 16, 2012

Pictures at a Revolution

Data visualization can offer some unique insights into social upheaval. But the data artists are just getting started.

BY LUKE ALLNUTT | APRIL 11, 2012

Longform's Picks of the Week

The best reads from around the world.

BY MAX LINSKY | MARCH 30, 2012

Moscow's Merry Pranksters

Big public demonstrations may be a new development in Russia, but protests in the streets have been around for a while. Just ask the artists.

BY ALEXIS ZIMBERG | MARCH 3, 2012

Once Upon a Time in Tehran

Photos of a swinging Iran when the skirts were short, the dance was the twist, and America wasn't Enemy No. 1.

BY CARA PARKS | FEBRUARY 15, 2012

China's Ultimate Fighting Crickets

Inside China's strange obsession with battling bugs.

BY JONATHAN BROWNING | OCTOBER 19, 2011

Global Warming

It's too darn hot -- pretty much everywhere.

JULY 21, 2011

The WikiLeaks of Money

Is Bitcoin a revolution or a bubble?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JUNE 23, 2011

Bono vs. Putin

A rumble in the Khimki forest leaves just one man standing. The question is, how many trees are left there too?

BY JULIA IOFFE | AUGUST 27, 2010

Waiting for the Maverick

John McCain may have survived a right-wing insurgency in the Arizona primary, but the moderate leader pundits loved isn't coming back. 

BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | AUGUST 26, 2010

Out of the Closet, into the Chat Rooms

How the Internet is revolutionizing gay rights in Latin America.

BY ELISABETH JAY FRIEDMAN | JUNE 17, 2010

President Spandex?

The man who once mooned an auditorium of students, dressed up as a superhero to teach civics lessons, and cleaned up Bogotá while he was at it just might become Colombia's next president. 

BY MICHAEL SHIFTER | MAY 4, 2010

The Ultimate Bug Zapper

Could a new weapon deal the definitive blow in the long battle of man vs. mosquito? Forget bed nets; think lasers. Nathan Myhrvold, Bill Gates's ideas guy, tells FP about his plans to defeat malaria.

INTERVIEW BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | APRIL 23, 2010

China's Hacker Army

The myth of a monolithic Chinese cyberwar is starting to be dismantled. A look inside the teeming, chaotic world that exists instead -- and that may be far more dangerous.

BY MARA HVISTENDAHL | MARCH 3, 2010

Playing With a Full Deck

Lessons about nuclear deterrence from the poker table.

BY JAMES MCMANUS | SEPT. / OCT. 2009

Welcome to Hamaswood

A trip inside Hamas's movie studio.

BY SHARON WEINBERGER | JULY 16, 2009