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Fit for the Job 2013: New Jersey governor Chris Christie, whose weight has long been a punchline for comedians (and rivals) confirmed last week...
Institutional Giving 2013: As federal workers prepare for sequester-induced furloughs that will reduce their take-home pay, President Barack Obama, in a gesture...
Stepping Aside 2013: When Pope Benedict XVI announced he intended to resign, he claimed his “strengths due to an advanced age are...
Watch the Throne 2013: South Korean history was made this week, as Park Geun-hye became the country’s first female president. Strained relations with...
Rabble of Rats c. 1378 / Worcestershire
Winds of Change The rise and fall of political advisers
The Hollywood Canteen The Hollywood Canteen sees movie stars contribute to the war effort in a personal fashion.
What Do You Call
An Irishman From Atlantic City?
Boardwalk Empire and the rise and fall of the Irish-American mobster as politician.
First Ladies-in-Waiting Not all First Ladies are married to the President—the story of two Presidential nieces who shaped Washington social politics for years to come.
LQ Podcast 33: Jeffrey Gettleman Gettleman, the East Africa bureau chief for the New York Times looks back with LQ editor Elias Altman to the 2007 Kenya presidential election and what it bodes for its next election in 2013.
Silence Wins the Day On the brink of war, a stand-off between two would-be Prime Ministers changed the shape of world politics forever.
Don’t Cry for Me 2012: The party of Silvio Berlusconi—the disgraced Italian politician whose time in power was plagued by reports of shady financial...
Spinners and Losers A BBC comedy series explores the gaffe-prone world of professional politics, onscreen and off.
The Complete Syllabus: Politics A list of all of the books used in our Summer issue, “Politics.”
LQ Podcast 32: Kevin Bleyer Daily Show writer Kevin Bleyer explains what exactly got into his head that set him on the road to rewriting the Constitution, a quest he described in his book Me the People.
No Satisfaction 2012: Women in the West African nation of Togo recently called for a sex strike in protest of the continuing...
Coming Soon: “Politics” On newsstands September 17
Anything for a Vote Creative ways of electioneering
Wherein Man Has Failed 1910 / New York City
The Great Rift by Jeffrey Gettleman
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