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Urban frontiers

Cities |  Many cities are in financial trouble, but some offer a sense of freedom for the pioneer-minded in WORLD's 2013 annual Cities coverage

TRUE GRIT: Gwen Shivers harvesting vegetables on a vacant lot in the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit
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Brightmoor fighters

Cities |  Population loss and official neglect haven’t kept residents of one Detroit neighborhood from banding together to rebuild

ALL TOO COMMON: Pallbearers carry the body of Joseph Briggs following a funeral in Chicago. Briggs, 16, was shot during a drive-by shooting while he was sitting on his front porch with his sister—one of nine people killed and 46 wounded by gunfire in Chicago during the June 9 weekend.
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Loaded questions

Gun Rights |  The mass shootings that have prompted a national debate over gun control are tragic—but rare. What about the gun violence that takes the most American…

Paul (left) and Chris Griesedieck on the shop floor of American Pulverizer in St. Louis
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Here they stand

Religious Liberty |  Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate forces businesses to cover abortion-inducing drugs for employees. It has sent several evangelical and Catholic business…

40 years and millions of lives
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40 years and millions of lives

Roe v. Wade |  Roe v. Wade continues its grim business, but pro-life activity is saving lives, too

VIOLATED: Residents of Newtown react to news of the shooting.
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A town clothed in misery

Shooting |  As they mourn, local churches seek to bring hope to a spiritually desolate city after the horrific Sandy Hook shooting

The impact of drought on Darren Becker’s previously fertile family farm in Logan, Kan.
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2012 News of the Year

2012 News of the Year |  Groans, moans, jeers—but also cheers

Geng He, wife of Gao Zhisheng; Bridgette Chen, daughter of Liu Xianbin; Li Jing, wife of Guo Quan (from left to right)
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Remember those who are in prison

Daniel of the Year |  It’s a new day for China’s Communist leadership, but not for the dissidents the government imprisons. They linger in remote jails, beaten, forgotten, and…

WINNING NUMBERS: African-Americans in line to vote in Miami on Oct. 28 as part of the “Souls to the Polls” effort to mobilize Christian voters.
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Demographic hope

Politics |  A sobering 2012 election has political conservatives searching for ways to regain lost ground. Evangelical minorities might be a place to start

REHAB: Andrew exercises during morning physical therapy at Walter Reed.
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Walking wounded

Military |  The Iraq and Afghanistan wars have produced more amputees than in recent U.S. combat history, but one young warrior and his wife discover life is fragile, and…

BEADS OF CHANGE: Edward Ritchie holds a rosary as he and others protest against a gay “marriage” bill that the Maryland State House voted on in Annapolis, Md.
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Taking the initiative

Politics |  A slew of marriage votes leads the list of ballot measures across the country in November

Joe Walsh
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Tea Party tests

Politics |  Races in Virginia and Illinois will show how deep the roots of the 2010 House election have gone

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