To fully experience Louisville, you'd have to buy a $2 ticket to Churchill Downs and enjoy the horses while drinking a highball filled with one of the town's famous bourbons. But if you can't do that, an Instagram tour of the city isn't a bad substitute. On her recent travels to report on Louisville's economy, National Journal 's Amy Sullivan took photos of the people and places she visited.  Read more »

One year after SEAL Team 6 raided it, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, has been razed. We take a look at the remains. Read more »

Protesters offer to reimburse lobby groups the money they had received from the National Rifle Association. Read more »

This is what the Boston suburb of Watertown looked like as it was overrun by a massive hunt for a suspected terrorist. Read more »

The young and old gathered in public spaces, draped in American flags, singing the national anthem, feeling a sense of common accomplishment, relishing in a public exhale. Read more »

The Dastak Charitable Trust in Lahore, Pakistan, has given shelter to more than 6,000 women in crisis since 1990. Those served include women who are escaping domestic violence, state torture, forced marriage, rape, or sexual abuse. The facility offers temporary safe haven during which women can receive medical aid and legal counsel. When I visited Dastak last month with a group of U.S. journalists, 29 women and children were living at the shelter, which has a capacity of up to 40. Three of the Urdu-speaking shelter residents agreed to be interviewed through a translator, and each asked that their names be changed to pseudonyms in this report to protect their privacy. Read more »

Nothing says "America" like a good beard. And yet, so few politicians are wearing one these days. Read more »

With the Nationals home opener today, it's a good time to take a closer look at the Federal City and its mixed history with baseball. Read more »

The Supreme Court heard arguments about the Constitutionality of Proposition 8, the California referendum banning same-sex marriage. Outside, activists in support of and against the measure made their opinions known.  Read more »

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