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Romney remains the frontrunner, as of now. But if he loses Michigan, Arizona on the 28th, Santorum will take the title. And Romeny won't be able to fight back The end of Romney's candidacy, whenever it might come, will be traced to that day.

When Brown University senior Malcolm Burnley signed up for a nonfiction writing course last fall, he could not have guessed it would lead him to discover a dusty audio version of a forgotten Malcolm X speech in Brown's research archives.

There's mounting pressure from the Hill to crack down on outside money in politics.

Joachim Gauck could offer too striking a contrast to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own devotion to a politics of small compromises. 

Decades into the conservative assault on women’s sexuality, why are we still surprised by Foster Friess, Darrell Issa and Rick Santorum's misogyny?

Is the war on drugs worth it?

Republicans are sure to use Keystone XL as a major campaign issue—but they have the facts wrong.

Austerians won the day in Europe—and now the people are paying the price. 

Ari Berman and Ari Melber on Southern states’ redistricting maps—what critics call “gerrymandering at its worst”—and the future of US democracy.

As Occupy heads into the spring, the movement’s initial honeymoon phase is coming to a close.

From liberation to assassination, in three quick rounds.

General Dempsey, Panetta and Donilon send a coordinated message as talks start.

Recent commentary demonstrates why Rick Santorum’s backward sexual politics are so appealing to Republicans.

What exactly makes Facebook worth so much?

The independent groups Koch funds aren’t supposed to coordinate their help for candidates.

Republicans are still dreaming about a new presidential candidate. It’s time to move on. 

The sports world has no anti-racist mental apparatus for how to talk about an Asian-American player.

A Bank of America collapse would wreak havoc on the global economy, and the government has the power to act now to prevent a meltdown.

This week, I explain how to fight back in the GOP's War on Women. Columnist Melissa Harris-Perry’s show debuts on MSNBC; We welcome guest-blogger Dr. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, and John Nichols looks at Wisconsin’s uprising one year later.