Issues

NEA Funds New Version of ‘Our Town’ Set in a 'Queer Community'

$10,000 federal grant for play set in town where ‘gender and sexual identity are fluid’

Elizabeth Harrington
January 13, 2015
A semi-automatic handgun and a holster are displayed at a North Little Rock, Ark., gun shop
Culture

DC Mayor Literally Hates Guns

“You have a mayor who hates guns"

Stephen Gutowski
January 12, 2015
Susan Glasser
Culture

More Departures at Politico

New editor continues to lose staffers

Alana Goodman
January 12, 2015
Police officers and firemen gather outside the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 7
National Security

Masked Attackers Throw Gasoline Bombs at Home, Offices of Hong Kong Media Mogul

Activists fear crackdown on pro-democracy outlets by Beijing

Daniel Wiser
January 12, 2015
Afghan police officers
National Security

U.S. Official: America Paying Salaries of Afghan Cops That Don’t Exist

Scant oversight over payments to Afghan Police causes alarm

Adam Kredo
January 12, 2015