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An American Hijab at the Olympics

Ibtihaj Muhammad, a fencer, will make history when she competes at the Rio games.

• J. Weston Phippen
• February 4, 2016

Gaffe Track: Clinton Tries to Explain Away Her Goldman Sachs Speeches

• David A. Graham
• February 4, 2016

Is Julian Assange’s Detention Arbitrary?

A UN panel will announce its decision Friday.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• February 4, 2016

Raising Funds for Syrian Refugees

World leaders gathered in London want $9 billion in aid.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• February 4, 2016

DeRay for Mayor?

A high-profile Black Lives Matter activist is taking his fight to the polls, joining the race to become the next leader of Baltimore.

• Matt Ford
• February 4, 2016

Paul Ryan Faces His First Uprising

The House speaker wants to “unite the clans,” but the conservative Freedom Caucus is balking.

• Russell Berman
• February 3, 2016

Gaffe Track: Christie's Corporal Punishment for Clinton

• David A. Graham
• February 3, 2016

The Lonely Jaguar of the United States

Conservationists have released video of the only known jaguar living in the country.

• Marina Koren
• February 3, 2016

Obama to Muslim Americans: 'You’re Right Where You Belong'

Making his first visit to a mosque in the U.S. amid unprecedented fear in the Islamic community, the president preached inclusion and criticized Republicans, but also called on Muslims to fight extremism.

• David A. Graham
• February 3, 2016

Lord Lucan’s Second Death

The missing peer—the fodder for tabloid headlines for four decades—was declared presumed dead, paving the way for his son to inherit the family’s title.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• February 3, 2016

Lady Gaga’s High-Stakes February

The Super Bowl, Grammys, and Oscars offer her a respectability hat-trick, after which maybe she can come back and save pop music.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• February 3, 2016

How Toyota May Have Started Overcharging Minority Customers

The practice that allowed the car dealer to charge black, Pacific Islander, and Asian borrowers more is called “dealer markup.”

• J. Weston Phippen
• February 3, 2016

A Win for Australia’s Controversial Migrant-Detention Policy

The high court ruled the government’s practice of holding asylum-seekers on Nauru was both legal and constitutional.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• February 3, 2016

A Record Number of Exonerations in the U.S.

The 149 people freed last year had, on average, spent 14½ years in prison, a new report says.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• February 3, 2016