Obama generally does not believe a president should place American soldiers at great risk in order to prevent humanitarian disasters, unless those disasters pose a direct security threat to the United States.

The Duke recalls all the good things about the America that was.

As newsrooms disappear, veteran older reporters are being forced from the profession. That’s bad for journalism — and democracy.

Ugandan schoolboy Tumusiime Henry was 15 when he was accused of murder the first time. While he waited almost two years for the trial to begin he was accused of a second murder. But then he met an American lawyer who slowly realised it was up to him to come to the rescue of an innocent teenager. Henry was at school when the men came for him. They were not wearing uniforms, so he did not realise at first that it was the police...

Maria Duval remains a mystery. And at this point, it's unclear whether the face behind the biggest scam ever even exists. Some say she is actually the brainchild of an elderly Argentinean man. Others claim she was cooked up by a man in Singapore. But many remain adamant she's real and is enjoying a luxurious retirement in the South of France.

CNNMoney goes on a hunt for the woman who is the face of the one of the biggest cons in history. This psychic scam has allegedly bilked hundreds of millions of dollars from some of the world's most vulnerable people, but investigators from around the globe have not been able to stop it.

Constance Fenimore Woolson wrote bitter, morbid, and severe fictions, but her devotion to James was her undoing. By Max Nelson.

The party took all the wrong lessons from his landslide loss to Richard Nixon in '72.

The president was wary about intervening, but Mrs. Clinton was persuasive. In the end, the ouster of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi left Libya a failed state and a haven for terrorists. An in-depth look at the perils of intervention. *Open in privacy/incognito mode*

A total of 469 seats in the U.S. Congress (34 Senate seats and all 435 House seats) are up for election on November 8, 2016.

James McGibney had been mulling over the idea of a database of infidelity for some time before he got round to launching it -- with a characteristic eye for promotion -- on Valentine's Day 2011. He had been considering such a website since serving in the Marine Corps: a friend had returned from a posting in Japan to discover that, not only had his partner been cheating on him, but there was another compelling detail -- she was pregnant with somebody else's child.

One day a year, the men locked up in California's oldest prison get a shot at glory. Thieves, killers, and dope dealers lace up their shoes and race around the yard for the longest and hardest run of their lives. It's The San Quentin Marathon, and it feels something like freedom. By Jesse Katz.

A deep-dive into the stigma and prejudice keeping many trans women in a cycle of poverty and violence. By Allie Gross.

On the rise and fall of American utopia. By Chris Jennings.

The Story of Anna Therese Day. By Gail Sheehy.

How U.S. intelligence services solved the mystery of a cold war killer. By John Sotham. (Sept. ’14)

It’s the 93-year-old comic-book god’s universe. He built Marvel Comics and laid the foundation for today’s blockbuster superhero movies. So why, at 93, is his legacy in question? By Abraham Riesman.

He's no ordinary con man. He's way above average — and the American political system is his easiest mark ever. By Matt Taibbi.

New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter. *Open in privacy/incognito mode to avoid monthly limits.*

No one knows what time Nguyen Dinh Phong left his low concrete home in Nghe An Province, in the heart of Revolutionary Vietnam. The skinny 27-year-old heroin addict had already stolen everything he could from the people he left sleeping at home—his wife, his kids, his aged parents.