Boy Scouts of America

Jackqueline Mross, a 10-year-old Brazilian, learned to swim a little more than a year ago, but has already broken 17 local age-group records in five strokes (sidestroke, too!), from the 50-meter freestyle on up to...

Up to now virtually every minority group in the world except one has had its spokesmen and its apologists. That single neglected group has now found its special pleader in Michael Barsley, author of The Other Hand, a...

They can't be wrong—and they aren't—about the beauties of the American wilderness. Here are some tips on the nation's campsites and what to know to enjoy them