Border Wars Americans have worried for years about the country's porous borders, but polls show in the past year concerns have grown significantly.
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Afghanistan: A New Beginning?
There have been many signs of progress since the fall of the Taliban, but experts say it will be at least a decade more before the Afghans can stand on their own. (10/8/05)
Shattered Lives
A month after Huricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast and New Orleans, displaced persons are surviving in shelters set up in churches and community centers across the country. (10/1/05)
What Remains
Three weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, a ghost town emerged from the receding waters. (9/17/05)
Altered Landscapes
One week after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, U.S.News & World Report photographer Jim Lo Scalzo documented the devastation left in its wake. (9/10/05)
Hurricane Katrina
On the Gulf Coast, lifelong residents were left with nothing in the wake of a storm that has caused what may well be the worst natural disaster ever to hit the United States. (8/31/05)
Discovery: A Return to Flight
The stakes have never been higher for NASA as it counts down to a return to human space travel, with the plan to launch the shuttle Discovery by the end of the summer. (7/25/05)
Trying Times
The events of 40 years ago have once again come to the forefront with the trial of Edgar Ray Killen. On the eve of Killen's trial, photographer Jim Lo Scalzo explores the landscape of Philadelphia, Miss. (6/20/05)
The Chinese Emergence
Two decades of reform, a more pragmatic Communist government, and the raw industry of the Chinese people have produced an economy that is growing faster than any other in modern history. (6/13/05)
Morocco: A Kingdom at a Crossroads
As the Kingdom of Morocco attempts to move away from its authoritarian past, and espouse more modern and pro-Western ideals, it faces many challenges. (5/13/05)
Farewell to John Paul II U.S.News photographers capture the mood in Rome as pilgrims and dignitaries pay their respects to the pope. (4/8/05)
Pope John Paul II: 1920-2005
Using every means to promote spiritual values, economic justice, and peace, Pope John Paul II's charismatic presence changed the relationship between the Vatican and the world. (4/2/05)
Battlefield Medicine
In Iraq, the United States has created a system of battlefield medicine that has moved doctors and nurses closer to the front lines than ever before. (3/17/05)
President George W. Bush: The Road Ahead
George W. Bush is sworn in for his second term as president. He took a few moments to look back on the past four years, but the bulk of his inaugural speech was decidedly forward-looking. (1/20/05)
2004
Picturing the Presidents
From the vaults of their respective libraries, scroll through these unique images of previous inhabitants of the White House. (12/3/04)
Clinton Presidential Center
William J. Clinton was joined by three fellow presidents in Little Rock, Ark., for the dedication of his presidential library. (11/18/04)
And the Winner Is...
After months of rallys, ad campaigns, and debates, the presidential election comes to a close. Voters turned out in record numbers to re-elect President Bush. U.S. News photographers portray the final hours of the 2004 election. (11/11/04)
The Final Hours
As one of the longest presidential campaigns in history reaches its closing hours, the candidates barely know where they are. (11/1/04)
On the Road
Photographer Kenneth Jarecke spent nearly one month on the road with Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry. The following photographs illustrate life on the campaign trail and the reaction of voters across America. (9/14/04)
Ronald Reagan: An American Life
The long lines of Americans who paid their respects to Ronald Reagan demonstrated his remarkable grip on the public imagination, even though he had been out of public sight for nearly a decade. (6/12/04)
War and Remembrance
The National World War II Memorial, in Washington, D.C., honors more than 16 million people who served in the U.S. armed forces. Today, there are just 23 World War II vets left in Circle, Mont. (5/27/04)
Return of the Fallen
Deep inside their pages, newspapers list the names of fallen soldiers almost every day. Photographer Andrew Lichtenstein traveled across the nation to memorialize their sacrifice and to commemorate the cost of their courage. (4/22/04)
Iowa Before the Storm
The Iowa caucuses create an unlikely privilege: the chance for a reserved, rural state to determine a presidential front-runner. (2/18/04)
2003
70th Anniversary Special U.S.News & World Report celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2003. This selection of images from the 1990s represents national and world events as reported by U.S. News.
Between Two Lands
America's border still beckons to thousands of Mexicans, but today it's a life-and-death trip. (7/28/03)
Air Force One
From FDR to George W. Bush, the 12 "flying presidents" have each created a unique habitat on the symbol of America's power–and changed history in midair. (5/10/03)
A Day in the Life of the Armed Forces
To document the life of the men and women of America's armed forces, more than 125 of the world's finest photographers fanned out across the globe over a single 24-hour period late last year. (5/3/03)
Pictures of the Year Awards
Several photographers who worked with U.S. News in 2002 have won awards in the Pictures of the Year international photography contest. (3/27/03)
White House News Photographers Association Awards
Each year U.S. News photographers, who are members of the White House News Photographers Association, compete in a yearly photography competition. Take a look at their award winning work. (10/18/02)
2002
The Eisenhower Presidency
From his 1957 inauguration to his Farewell Address, U.S. News takes a look at the two terms Eisenhower spent in the Oval Office. (10/18/02)
Who Won the Civil War?
Why Americans are still fighting over who was right and who was wrong in the Civil War. (10/09/02)
Third World America
A decade ago, the colonias of the Southwest were called a national disgrace. Today, a visit to the impoverished border communities tells a different story. (9/20/02)
A Nation Changed
Four photo essays document the many ways America and Americans have been transformed by the horrific attacks of September 11. (8/5/02)
The Future of Water
Many billions of dollars will be needed to quench America's thirst, but is private business the answer? (8/5/02)
State of the Economy
Even if the market does regain its legs, is it too late to shield the larger economy from its fallout? (8/5/02)
Anorexia in the Family
New studies reveal how this deadly disease is passed from generation to generation. (8/1/02)
A New Method
Last year a physician gave Gabe Patgorski a sports physical and recognized the signs of funnel chest. Last month, Gabe, 15, had minimally invasive surgery to correct it. (7/16/02)
Missouri River Politics The Army Corps of Engineers, which sets the Missouri River's flow, is poised to make changes that could alter life along America's longest river. (6/28/02)
Afghan Journey After fleeing the Soviet occupiers two decades earlier, a young woman returns to her native land to confront a ravaged nation she scarcely knows. Photo essay by Kenneth Jarecke, text by Wajmah Yaqubi. (6/19/02)
The Big Island Hawaii is more than tropical shirts and mai tais, condos, and strip malls. Take a back-to-roots trip to the Big Island. An essay by Jim Lo Scalzo. (1/26/02)
Winter Olympics 2002 Join From the lighting of the Olympic flame to the closing ceremony. Relive the Winter Olympics with our day-by-day photo gallery. By Kenneth Jarecke. (2/24/02)
The Brickmakers Dai Khudaidad Using methods passed down through generations, these brick makers, like most Afghans, try to plan for a better future. An essay by Jim Lo Scalzo. (1/26/02)
Giving Afghan Girls a Chance
In the classrooms, female students hope to make up for all the lost years. During the Taliban's five-year rule in Kabul, girls were forbidden to go to school. View images of these girls getting back to the books. An essay by Jim Lo Scalzo. (1/21/02)
2001
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Take a glimpse of the barren beauty of the landscape, wildlife, the oil development, and the native people who struggle to survive in one of America's harshest environments. (8/13/01)
Transplant to a Friend The living-donor operation that will give Harvey Davis a new liver illustrates the promise of organ transplantation–and the desperation of many patients. An essay by Charlie Archambault. (7/18/01)
On the Road Join President Bush on the road as he makes national and international stops to promote his agenda. An essay by Charlie Archambault. (5/19/01)
Rural America Up and down the Great Plains, the country's spine, from the sandhills of western Nebraska to the sea of prairie grass in eastern Montana, small towns are decaying, and in some cases, literally dying out. (5/2/01)
Overseas Adoption
The number of Americans heading overseas to build their families has more than doubled in the past decade. This essay by Jim Lo Scalzo tells one family's story. (3/3/01)
A New Beginning
George W. Bush's first days in the White House brought changes in party, personnel, and paintings. An essay by Charlie Archambault. (2/3/01)
The Clinton Years
A pictorial timeline charts Clinton's progress from long-shot candidate to two-term president. (1/13/01)
No Gun Ri Investigation
An Army report concludes that the shooting of unarmed civilians at No Gun Ri was not a war crime but a tragedy of war. (1/13/01)
2000
AIDS in Africa
In all, AIDS will kill some 2.4 million people in Africa this year, many of them teachers, doctors, civil servants, and soldiers. An essay by Tom Stoddart. (12/18/00)
The Uighurs of China
Experience life in a timeless, remote outpost of Asia through David Butow's photographs of the Uighurs. Butow
traveled to the Xinjiang autonomous region of China. (9/29/00)
Truckers
Experienced truckers like 51-year-old Bill DeFord, who has been driving a rig for more than 25 years, are an increasing rarity on the nation's highways. (9/8/00)
Inside Saddam's Iraq - Part One
After a decade, sanctions take a terrible toll on Iraq's people but leave Baghdad's durable dictator as comfortable as ever. An essay by David Butow. (9/11/00)
Kids at Risk
The number of childhood learning problems is soaring. Evidence suggests that chemicals found in substances as common as tuna and lawn sprays may be contributing to the problem. (6/19/00)
Route 66
It may be the only road where travelers feel compelled to stop, dig up a chunk of cracked pavement, and take it home as a souvenir. (4/24/00)
Grand Tetons
The centerpiece of the 310,516-acre Grand Teton National Park, the mountains thrust themselves up, pink and glacier-tipped, from a flat, seemingly boundless plain. (4/24/00)
Antarctica
If you think a few degrees of global warming would not mean much in your neighborhood, the word from Palmer Station in Antarctica is: Think again. (2/28/00)
Primary Politics
A behind-the-scenes view of the early campaign primaries. The action was hot, punctuated by John McCain's surprising landslide victory in the New Hampshire GOP primary. (2/8/00)
