| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | How America is roaring back to life | | For much of the past year, the Republican Party has been doing its best to scare people. Its electoral strategy was dependent on people feeling that we are a nation in decline. The GOP knew that the only way it would do well was by making people feel bad about America. |
| Why did Leelah Alcorn die? | | Last weekend, a 17-year-old apparently committed suicide in Ohio. And because she was transgender, many assigned a political or social or religious narrative to her story before even fully recognizing her death. |
| What Bill Clinton knows about 2015 | | Aaron David Miller says unending disasters last year left many with the impression that the world had become a more dangerous place, particularly for the United States. But did it really? |
| How to put down your smartphone | | As smartphones bleed into all parts of our life, a common New Year's resolution for 2015 will be to cut down on phone usage and be more present in the moment. |
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