fidzu : 2008

A firsthand account of the drama that unfolded during Oct. 7-9, 2016, from the release of the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape to the second presidential debate - and everything in between.

06 Oct 2017 4:28pm GMT

On October 3, the second day of the new term, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that likely poses the most momentous question on its docket: Should it, for the first time in history, strike down a state's electoral map on the grounds of partisan gerrymandering?

02 Oct 2017 9:00am GMT

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., has won reelection from Orange County 14 times, but he'll face more opponents next year than any other congressman.

28 Jul 2017 9:00am GMT

If you've never heard of Bettye LaVette, the soul singer who belted out "A Change Is Gonna Come" with Jon Bon Jovi at the Inauguration Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial on Jan 18., you may be wondering why.

23 Jan 2009 10:46pm GMT

Although many Americans heard Barack Obama's inauguration speech, they probably weren't listening for plyptotons and catachresis - but Geoff Nunberg was.

23 Jan 2009 2:10pm GMT

Natasha Trethewey won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for her book Native Guard. Her parents had an interracial marriage while it was still illegal in Mississippi, and Tretheway's poetry often draws on her childhood as a biracial child in the south.

20 Jan 2009 8:24pm GMT