June 23, 2009

Descendants of Henry Ford still meet regularly, and play a crucial role in guiding the automaker through troubled times for the industry.

While there is no easy way to cheat the system, wealthy patients in need of organs have an advantage in being able to join many waiting lists.

Not even its chief executive’s liver transplant was enough to get Apple to break out of its secretive habits.

Iran’s sometimes faltering attempts to come to grips with censorship in the 21st century are providing a laboratory for what can and cannot be done.

Drug cartels operate their smuggling and murder-for-hire rings on both sides of the the U.S.-Mexican border.

Democrats and Republicans held dueling sessions on the Senate floor on Tuesday, shouting over each other and passing measures that were certain to be disputed.

The president hardened his tone toward the Iranian government, but he has limited tools for bringing pressure to bear on it.

Newly disclosed tapes recorded in the Oval Office in 1973 shed light on an intense moment in American history.

Ben Bernanke has been a forceful proponent of giving the Fed a larger role in regulating the economy.

One part of China’s effort — limits on the export of certain raw materials — has drawn a formal complaint by the U.S. to the World Trade Organization.

As the withdrawal date for American troops nears, a string of attacks in Falluja are an ominous sign.

A yearlong research project, conducted by a Princeton economics student, both confirms and upends assumptions about bias in the playwriting business.