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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