Isabel Wilkerson received a Pulitzer Prize in journalism in 1993. She has also been awarded the George Polk Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Joe Henson hide caption

SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro said the agency needs more money to properly police financial markets. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

A plane flies over a Chicago neighborhood as it lands at Midway Airport. A recent World Health Organization study reports noise pollution can be a health threat. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption

Thompson lists Samson as one of legend's top badasses, citing a story of a crazy, ultrabearded Biblical berserker who killed a thousand warriors using just the jawbone of an ass. Harper Paperbacks hide caption

Left to right: Danger Mouse, Norah Jones, Daniele Luppi and Jack White, whose collaborative Western album is titled Rome. Frank Ockenfels/Courtesy of the artist hide caption