In the hot, dusty village of Diaba in Podor, malaria is an ever-present problem, especially during the rainy season.

AMERICA’S system of elections for the boards of companies has long been a sort of Potemkin village: impressive, until you lean on it.

A gathering place of "Bohemian" artists and writers, Greenwich Village was the ideal place for Rosamond Tudor to pursue her career as an artist; however, it was not the ideal place to raise a child.