• Six Degrees of Obama

    Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009

    What connects Barack Obama to every one of our previous Persons of the Year?

  • 5 Truths About Health Care in America (1)

    Friday, Nov. 21, 2008

    We're living longer, and TIME takes a look at what we're doing to make sure those extra years are healthy ones

  • You Have to Choose

    Thursday, Oct. 09, 2008

    Campaigns are hungry to win swing votes, but pinning them down isn't easy. Here's a look at who are swing voters and how they'll vote.

  • 50 American Wines

    Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008

    Joel Stein set out to taste one wine from all 50 states — a patriotic experiment to see if good wine can really be made anywhere. Here are his reviews with each wine rated as Excellent, Good, Bad or Undrinkable.

  • IndyMac: The Making of a Panic

    Thursday, Jul. 17, 2008

    IndyMac Bank, which buckled in July under the weight of the mortgage crisis, revived memories of the savings and loan debacle of the 1980s. Customers stood in line for days hoping they could get back whatever they had entrusted to Indymac.

  • 2008: Catholics' View of the Candidates

    Thursday, Jul. 03, 2008

    With the economy and Iraq topping voter concerns, abortion has receded into the political background. That puts Catholics up for grabs — and Obama is winning some converts.

  • The Clinton-Obama Divide

    Wednesday, Jun. 04, 2008

    Barack Obama may be the presumptive nominee, but as the final popular vote tally for the 2008 Democratic race shows, he has work to do in winning over Hillary Clinton's supporters—and entire regions of the country

  • The Flow of Money: Mapping World Remittances

    Monday, May. 05, 2008

    The money that immigrant workers send home — more than $240 billion in 2007 — plays a large role in the economies of developing nations. Here's the inflow and outflow of remittances worldwide, as a percentage of GDP.

  • How You Have Voted

    Thursday, Oct. 09, 2008

    With less than a month to go, John McCain and Barack Obama are jockeying for any advantage with voters. Here's a look at how the American public has voted in past presidential elections, showing margins of victory for individual demographic groups.

  • Animals Under Siege

    Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2009

    The earth supports amazing biodiversity, but much wildlife is coming under threat from one particularly successful species: us. Here's a look at our impact on the world's biodiversity.

  • The Physics of NASCAR

    Monday, Feb. 18, 2008

    The key to winning a NASCAR race is understanding the forces that impact the car — and how to cope with them. Here's a look at the physics of NASCAR's much vaunted Car of Tomorrow

  • The Toll of Iraq

    Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2007

    Except for a brief spike at the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, President Bush's approval rating has seen a steady decline that is clearly inversely related to the rise in the total death toll of U.S. forces serving in Iraq

  • The Primary Race So Far

    Thursday, Jan. 03, 2008

    January 3rd marked the start of the six-month-long process of Americans decidingwhom they want on the ballot in November. Here's a look at when the state primaries are being held, the results of those already held, and CNN's estimated tally of delegate

  • Bush's Speech, Word by Word

    Monday, Jan. 28, 2008

    A look at what President Bush said in his final State of the Union Address delivered Monday night.
    Each word is scaled in proportion to the number of times it was used. Roll over a word for its frequency.

  • Where Do Dictators Go?

    Thursday, Apr. 03, 2008

    From Mobutu to "Baby Doc," here's a look at some of the bolt-holes favored by dictators past.

  • 2008 Olympic Torch Relay

    Monday, Mar. 24, 2008

    The torch is about to start its trek through 85,000 miles, 135 cities and 5 continents, before winding up in Beijing to launch the 2008 Games. A look at the course — and the political hot spots along the way

  • How America Decides: The Poll Results

    Wednesday, Dec. 05, 2007

    Knowledge of a candidate, and the emotions inspired by that candidate, work together in a voter's mind to form an opinion. Select candidates below to see what voters of the same party in Iowa, New Hampshire and the nation them.

  • Russia and China: A Common Cause

    Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007

    Should the two giants stand against the U.S. together? How long can Russia control nearly one-third of the Asian continent while its population dwindles? Here's a look at the bear and the dragon, side by side

  • Breast Cancer Around the World

    Thursday, Oct. 04, 2007

    Breast cancer is on the rise. Big countries have the most cases but not always the highest incidences, and rates in the developing world may be even higher than the spotty data suggest. Here's a look at the incidence rate of breast cancer.

  • One Day in America

    Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007

    In a country this big and diverse, being average still leaves you room to be different. Here's a look at the daily life of the average American. How do you compare?

  • Flight Risk for the V-22 Osprey

    Thursday, Sep. 27, 2007

    After decades of trouble-plagued development, the V-22 Osprey is headed for Iraq. A look at the design of the V-22 Osprey

  • Campaigning by the Book

    Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007

    You can't run for President, it seems, unless you write a book. TIME.com's definitive cheat sheet on all the candidates' best-selling and not-so-best-selling books

  • How New Orleans Has Changed

    Thursday, Aug. 02, 2007

    Two years after Katrina, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the levees are back to pre-hurricane strength. Here's a look at the levee system protecting New Orleans and where people are living since the devastation in 2005.

  • How to Eliminate Flight Delays

    Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007

    As stress on the airline industry hits an all-time high, the FAA suggests replacing the radar-based air traffic control with a GPS system. Here's a look at how the two systems compare.

  • Measuring Weather's Destruction

    Friday, Jun. 01, 2007

    June 1 is the official start of hurricane season and the unofficial moment when cataclysmic weather events put the entire country on alert. Every year tornadoes, hurricanes and floods account for $11.4 billion in damage. Take a look at the most financi