Profiles of 2008 presidential candidates


Republicans
John McCain
McCain's wars

Photos | Bio


Democrats
Hillary Clinton
Most famous. Least known?

Photos | Bio


Barack Obama
The making of a candidate

Photos


Bios for all candidates from the Associated Press
Election 2008
Complete coverage of local and national races




The Swamp
Latest from the D.C. bureau




Campaign contributions
Who's giving money to whom






Editorial Cartoons

Walt Handelsman Cartoons

Newsday's Pulitzer
Prize-winning cartoonist.

Watch Walt's animations

The fight for civil rights

civil rights, timeline, history, living to tell The local and national struggle

Forty-eight years after the Greensboro sit-in sparked a movement, we reflect on local leaders, then and now, doing their part to push for equality.

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