Jen Poyant

Has the urgency of climate change dimmed since the global economic crisis? Or is it a potential economic stimulus? Environomental engineer David Greene from the Oak Ridge National Lab...

Blogger Nate Silver made his name by using his skills as a baseball statistician to call the presidential race for Obama back in March. His site—FiveThirtyEight.com became the go-to s...

African lungfish, fermented shark in Iceland and porcupine are all typical Christmas cuisine. The Takeaway takes a look at some traditional (and some weird) Christmas dishes from arou...

Of all the sordid details aired in the criminal complaint handed down to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, one stuck out in Jeff Beresford-Howe’s mind. Find out how Wrigley Field may have factored into the latest gubernatorial scandal to rock the nation.

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"The reason for the terrible image is one single word: Iraq." — Jorge Castañeda on the U.S.'s image in Latin America

Recent terrorism in South Asia poses challenges for the CIA.

"Everytime I buy a piece of clothing, I look at the label and I can probably tell you the particular trade program under which it was made." — Edward Alden on NAFTA

"The CIA have admitted to waterboarding him, so you're going to have big questions about the admisability of evidence in federal courts." — Jonathan Mahler on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed...

Rogue football players, baseball winter meetings and ticket pricing.

They’re called many things in today’s job market: the part-time worker, the contingent worker, temporaries, distressed, discouraged, fill-ins, per diems, freelancers, permalancers and...

Our series America's Briefing Book continues with former Supreme Commander of NATO General (Ret.) Wesley Clark helping us find out what President-elect Barack Obama needs to know abo...

Ten years ago, Hugo Chavez became the president of Venezuela, and he's been working to increase his influence and profile ever since. The Venezuelan leader is the subject of a new PB...

Taking on an issue like gun regulation in the US can mean political suicide for even the savviest of politicians. Nate Persily, law professor and political scientist at Columbia, joi...

With rumors that Senator Hillary Clinton will accept the key position of secretary of state in President-elect Obama’s Cabinet, the nation is starting envision what American diplomacy will look like after President Bush.

Submit your questions about debt for financial consultant Alvin Hall and join us at thetakeaway.org at 1 p.m. Eastern for a live Q&A;.

"The actual work is being contracted out to private companies -- to Wall Street banks, to banks like Bank of New York, Mellon. In many cases these are the companies that are at the he...

"If you're not at war, you're always training for it. You train for war, pray for peace." — Corporal John Hall, U.S. Marine Corps. John and Adaora talk with veterans of the Vietnam W...