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An Afghan solider, center, stands guard outside of the main prison in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, April 25, 2011. Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-foot (320-meter) tunnel underground and into the main jail in Kandahar city and whisked out more than 450 prisoners, most of whom were Taliban fighters, officials and the insurgents said Monday. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) (AP)

Taliban tunnels more than 480 out of Afghan prison

Heidi Vogt, Mirwais Khan
Prisoners escape through 1,000-foot underground passage
(Associated Press)

Guantanamo Files: The essential primer

Natasha Lennard
The newest Wikileaks trove reveals classified information about the prison's inmates. Here's what you need to know
The orginal seal of the state of Virginia

“Mandatory gay adoption” rules fail in Virginia

Alex Pareene
Right-wing culture warriors win a victory

The ad that could help fuel a health crisis

Rahul Parikh
Anti-vaccinationists took out a billboard in Times Square. How can they do that, and why aren't we fighting back?
Women look for useful goods at the burned Zonkwa Market in Kaduna, Nigeria, Thursday, April 21, 2011. Nigerian officials on Thursday delayed next week's gubernatorial elections in two predominantly Muslim northern states that have been wracked by deadly riots and retaliatory violence since the presidential election was won by a Christian from the country's south. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) (AP)

At least 500 dead in Nigeria election riots

Jon Gambrell, Shehu Saulawa
Post-election violence rampant as more than 40,000 have fled their homes
President Obama, Jesus and Paul Ryan

The Democrats’ secret budget weapon: Jesus

Brad Martin
Why should the right monopolize religious rhetoric? A Christian moral vision for the other end of the spectrum

The problem with gay men today

Thomas Rogers
Outspoken activist Larry Kramer wants to know why this generation is so apathetic while he's still so angry
Taylor Kitsch in ?The Bang Bang Club? distributed by Tribeca Film (Marcus Cruz)

“The Bang Bang Club”: A haunting lesson in war-zone journalism

Andrew O'Hehir
After the death of Tim Hetherington, "The Bang Bang Club" with Ryan Phillippe has a special resonance
Supporters of an Islamic group wave their party flags as they protest against the Syrian regime, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday April 22, 2011. The demonstration in support of the "Syrian people" was called for by the Tahrir Party. It was not granted a license from the interior ministry. Syrian security forces have launched a deadly crackdown on demonstrations that started last month, killing more than 200 people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Syria death toll hits 120 over two days

Bassem Mroue
Violence escalates as tens of thousands call for end to Assad regime
President Obama tries to distinguish Manning from whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, above

President Obama speaks on Manning and the rule of law

Glenn Greenwald
The President invokes incoherent and factually confused claims to justify the whistle-blower's pre-trial punishment
Mitch Daniels, R-Ind. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Mitch Daniels is a “blank slate” on “foreign policy,” thanks to award

Alex Pareene
Neocons have no problem with the Indiana governor's Arab heritage -- but palling around with other Arabs is fishy
Salon logo

Obama heckled over Manning treatment in San Francisco

Emma Mustich
In videos from a California fundraiser, protesters "serenade" the president -- and he says Manning "broke the law"
In this photo dated Friday, April 22, 2011 provided by Greenpeace, activists climb aboard the oil rig Leiv Eiriksson to prevent its departure for Greenland to begin drilling in the Arctic, in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul, Turkey. The environmental group said Friday activists used speedboats to intercept and climb aboard the Leiv Eiriksson as it left Istanbul and were prepared to occupy the rig for days. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, HO) NO SALES (AP)

Greenpeace occupies rig in Arctic drilling protest

Associated Press
This Earth Day, environmental activists intercepted a vessel destined to begin new deep sea drilling
A Yemeni boy with writing on his face in Arabic which reads, "Leave" stands with his father during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, April 21, 2011. The head of a regional Gulf Arab political group was in Yemen on Thursday to lead a fresh effort to find a way out for the country's embattled president who has faced two months of mass protests demanding his ouster. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (AP)

Yemen army officers arrested for backing protest

Ahmed Al-haj
As demonstrations become increasingly large, President Ali Abdullah Saleh shows no signs of leaving office
A stranded foreign refugee reacts after being informed that his name is not on the passengers list as a ship evacuating wounded Libyans and refugees fleeing conflict zone is scheduled to leave the port of Misrata, Libya Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Inside the besieged city of Misrata, spent rockets protrude from the pavement of a parking lot, unarmed teenagers prepare plastic crates of Molotov cocktails, and fighters at roadblocks sit inside empty shipping containers outfitted with furniture, carpets and generator-powered TVs and watch Al-Jazeera reports of their war with Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (AP)

Libyan rebels claim taking post on Tunisian border

Ben Hubbard, Karin Laub
Opposition leaders say it could open a channel for anti-Gadhafi fighters to come into Libya
Clockwise, from left: Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich

Introducing: The Muslim-baiting tracker

Justin Elliott
Our new, continually updated list of the most egregiously anti-Muslim pronouncements from the White House field
Fire fighters Craig Howard, right and Jason Collard wait for radioed instructions as smoke rises from a nearby wildfire near Possum Kingdom, Texas, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (AP)

Federal firefighters battle massive Texas blaze

Danny Robbins
Two emergency workers have been killed fighting against wildfire that's already burned 150,000 acres
Snooki's reaction to not being allowed in Florence's clubs.

What the cast of “Jersey Shore” won’t be able to do in Italy

Drew Grant
The mayor of Florence has given producers a list of no-nos while the self-proclaimed "guidos" are in Italy
Sarah Palin

“Jews for Palin” group consists of one, maybe two Jews

Justin Elliott
"Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin" appears to be a public-relations vehicle for a single right-wing Jewish activist

Lessons from Manning’s transfer out of Quantico

Glenn Greenwald
It's no reason for a victory lap, but this new development offers a lesson in successful activism
International Quidditch Association logo. Credits for photos embedded in text: Joe Marquez, Kate Olen and Jim Kiernan.

The weird popularity of real-life Quidditch

Robert Ito
The Harry Potter-inspired game is becoming more than a campus goof. It has full-contact action -- and it has brooms
A MONOPOLY Property Trading Game is shown Wednesday, April, 13, 2011, in Portland, Ore.Hasbro said Thursday, April 14, 2011, its first-quarter profit tumbled 71 percent as weakness persisted in games, puzzles and several other product categories and the company spent money to develop new products and staff its joint-venture TV station. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) (AP)

The rich don’t realize they’re rich

Natasha Lennard
A survey finds that many of America's wealthiest citizens think of themselves as middle-class
FILE - On this April 6, 2011, file photo, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks at an Americans for Prosperity "Cut Spending Now," rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama has launched his re-election bid in a low-key manner, but the Republican Party’s search for a challenger seems stranger by the day. In Iowa at least, there’s also widespread talk about Bachmann, who would be the first president elected directly from the House since James Garfield. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

Sleepwalking into the imperial dark

Tom Engelhardt
America today: What it feels like when a superpower runs off the tracks

10 year time capsule: How “The Producers” changed Broadway

Drew Grant
The Mel Brooks show opened the floodgates on movies turned musicals, but did theater learn the wrong lesson?
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