Politicians are kissing babies and munching fry bread on Indian reservations. It wasn’t always this way.

By Debra Utacia Krol.

Phil Witte is a distinguished Cartoonist-in-Residence at the Cartoon Art Museum.

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Bulldozers in Istanbul, Turkey obliterate a once-thriving Roma neighborhood. Belly dancers, balconies, dancing bears and centuries of history join the rubble.

Story by Sean David Hobbs.
Photography by Sean David Hobbs, and Hacer Foggo of the Sulukule Platform.

Protest takes many forms.

Story and photography by Luke Thomas.

Over the weekend, California’s Democrats had a party of a convention.
A few notes from between the elbows and the events.

Editorial by Hannes Stein.

Peaceful demonstrators in front of the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco
took about an hour to turn bankers into just another food group.
Photos and reporting by Luke Thomas.

A newspaper snubs every candidate in an important upcoming election
except the politically connected one.
Getting ready after a veteran congresswoman takes a new job in Washington.

Joseph was once a letter carrier for the post office.
Now he’s backing a lawsuit against the postal service because magazines and checks from the government keep disappearing from residential hotels like his.
Luke Thomas gets the facts and the photos.

Eleven overgrown personalities each want to lead the world’s seventh-largest economy after Schwarzenegger terms out next year. Grab your popcorn and meet the candidates using the trading card gallery. Coming soon: info for handicapping each candidate’s chances.