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What a Piece of Junk!

Imperial investigators report weaknesses in Death Star management, performance.

BY MICHAEL PECK | MAY 3, 2013

Resistance Isn't Futile

Powerful photos of defiance from Freedom House's "Images of Freedom and Repression."

CAPTIONS BY FREEDOM HOUSE | APRIL 18, 2013

The Void Next Door

Exclusive photos of the bizarre and barren border between North Korea and its longtime ally.

BY TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE | APRIL 9, 2013

Why Dictators Don’t Like Jokes

Pro-democracy activists around the world are discovering that humor is one of the most powerful weapons in the fight against authoritarianism.

BY SRDJA POPOVIC, MLADEN JOKSIC | APRIL 5, 2013

March Madness

The top sports cinderella stories vs. the best from world history.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 29, 2013

Pulp Non-Fiction

How to explain Washington dysfunction in 10 pulp-fiction posters.

BY MICHAEL PECK | MARCH 11, 2013

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

28 games for your President's Day weekend.

BY MICHAEL PECK | FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Turing Test

Can you beat the father of artificial intelligence at Monopoly?

BY MICHAEL PECK | JANUARY 18, 2013

Enterprise vs. Enterprise

Which is better, the starship or the aircraft carrier?

BY MICHAEL PECK | DECEMBER 24, 2012

Paging Bruce Willis

Whose job is it to stop an asteroid from hitting the Earth?

BY J. DANA STUSTER | DECEMBER 13, 2012

The Dark Side of Oscar Niemeyer

Brazil's most celebrated architect leaves behind a decidedly mixed legacy.

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Architect of the Future That Never Was

The failed dreamscapes of Oscar Niemeyer.

BY RICHARD J. WILLIAMS | DECEMBER 11, 2012

Alien War Brings Mideast Peace

And other benefits of an extraterrestrial invasion.

BY MICHAEL PECK | DECEMBER 7, 2012

The World Is Not Enough

Why does the planet's No. 1 spy never go to the really dangerous places?

BY FRANK JACOBS | NOVEMBER 15, 2012

It's the Brazilians, Stupid

Meet Brazil's James Carville -- and the other political consultants who are shaking up Latin America's electoral landscape.

BY MAC MARGOLIS | NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The City with a Short Fuse

How a shrewd politician defused ethnic tension and improved public services in one of Indonesia’s most dysfunctional cities.

BY RUSHDA MAJEED | SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Who Cares How Many Women Are in Parliament?

There are plenty of good yardsticks for the state of women’s rights around the world. Parliamentary representation isn’t one of them.

BY JOSHUA FOUST, MELINDA HARING | JUNE 25, 2012

Romney: Year One

What would happen if you took Mitt Romney's foreign-policy promises extremely literally?

BY DANIEL DREZNER | MAY 25, 2012

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