Chelsea Merz

With demand growing for tougher immigration enforcement and a flurry of new state laws addressing the issue, local police are stepping up and arresting illegal immigrants. Damien Cave...

In the latest aftershock from the housing crash, lenders are scaling back home-equity credit lines. It's a move that affects all homeowners — those with good and bad credit alike. Pau...

On Tuesday, Illinois Senator Barack Obama greeted voters as the de facto Democratic nominee. What has seemed like a never-ending race culminated, at a rally in St. Paul, Minn., in the...

Two weeks ago, long-serving Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a glioma, a rare cancerous brain tumor. Yesterday, he underwent extensive brain surgery and now the s...

This was a weekend of Biblical proportion for Democrats. The Democratic National Committee rendered a Solomonic decision, seating half the Florida and Michigan delegates. Manna rained...

The Nepalese government declared its country a republic Wednesday, abolishing its once revered monarchy. The Takeaway looks at what could happen to the royals as they join the common folk.

A new report suggests that colorblind adoption leaves white parents unprepared to raise black children. Parents may not be mentally ready or have the appropriate social tools to paren...

Reporter Lowell Bergman has been covering the Tijuana border for nearly 40 years. In a new PBS FRONTLINE/World documentary, "Mexico: Crimes at the Border," he investigates the inner w...

After 19 years, the world's most famous archaeologist is back on the silver screen, bullwhip and all. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" hits theaters nationwide thi...

A new state legislative report finds that money concerns may have led to bad maintenance decisions for the Minneapolis bridge that collapsed last August, killing 13 people. To some, t...

In Chicago, some pumps are charging nearly $4.50 a gallon, while in Texas, residents are getting a relative bargain, paying a wee $3.53 at some stations. The Takeaway asks what are th...

Almost 40,000 acres of the Everglades National Park are on fire.

Kentucky and Oregon gear up for its turn in the 2008 Democratic nominating season. Hillary Clinton's tough talk on the economy, her push for universal healthcare and frequent visits t...

The Next Big Thing unveils our new Department of Transportation, a series featuring stories, music, urban myths and truths about the New York Subway. We begin the series with an investigation of controversial social psychologist Stanley Milgram's little known "Subway Experiment." Also, a whirlwind of rhythmic brass with Romani flourishes ...

The Next Big Thing is relief from the heat... comic, and otherwise. We (briefly) cede the airwaves to an uninvited talk show host named Jonathan Katz, visit with the founders of a camp for Cabbage Patch dolls, and call up the ghosts of anarchists past.

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