Mexico's war on drug traffic is failing, and its violent cartels have gone multinational. Can local and national government maintain control? How can the US help its southern neighbor from becoming a failed state? Also, Congresswoman Maxine Waters goes on the defensive, and same-sex marriages may begin again next week in California… or they might not. We unravel the legal possibilities.
Banner image: Police officers place markers next to the bodies of several men killed by drug traffickers in the bar in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on April 28, 2010. Photo: Jesus Alcazar/AFP/Getty Images