Nov 5th, 2008 · Tuesday's election was far from a landslide. Obama's triumph was a solid win, but compared with all the hype of recent days, it was hardly spectacular. This is not a mandate, not by a long shot.
Nov 4th, 2008 · Democrats hold a majority in the House of Representatives — and they could gain another 17 to 40 seats. A Democratic pickup of 20 or more seats would be reminiscent of the GOP landslide of 1994, which left House Democrats in the minority for a dozen years.
Aug 25th, 2008 · Many Democrats saw the unruly 1968 convention in Chicago as one of the reasons they lost the presidential election to Richard Nixon that year. That defeat and a landslide loss four years later led the Democrats to change the way they approached conventions.
May 23rd, 2008 · The Chinese government set a target of three years to rebuild areas devastated by the earthquake. It will be quite a challenge: Whole villages, towns, even cities have been destroyed, including Yingxiu.
May 21st, 2008 · In 1964, Democrat Lyndon Johnson won the presidency in a landslide victory; eight years later, Republican president Richard Nixon was reelected in an equally lopsided race. In his new book, Nixonland, historian Rick Perlstein looks at the chaotic years between those elections.
May 19th, 2008 · China began three days of national mourning Monday for the tens of thousands of people killed in last week's 7.9-magnitude earthquake. Meanwhile, state media reported that 200 rescue workers were buried in a landslide.
May 18th, 2008 · Following Monday's devastating earthquake, the Chinese government says it expects the final number of dead to surpass 50,000. On Sunday an aftershock rattled buildings and sent people into the street and a nearby dam is in danger of collapsing. Officials released water from dams and reservoirs to reduce danger of flooding and landslides.
May 17th, 2008 · A serious aftershock sent Chinese earthquake survivors running back into the streets Saturday while others fled from the town of Beichaun threatened by flooding from rivers blocked by landslides. Host Andrea Seabrook talks with NPR's Melissa Block, who is in the town of Chengdu, about the current situation and how the relief efforts are going.