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Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?

The nearly $1 trillion national security budget.

A campaign that brought together African-Americans and undocumented workers stopped an anti-immigrant bill in its tracks.

The GOP panders to racists, and liberals are blamed for a “neurotic” obsession with race.

The coming big storms facing our planet can only be tackled by strong governments.

Time to stop being cynical about corporate money in politics and start being angry.

Read the full text of Senator Bernie Sanders's statement to Congress on the balancing the budget.

A pro–Iraq War conservative Republican now fiercely opposes the war in Afghanistan.

Every president elected in the 20th Century has won statewide office, held a cabinet position, or served in the military. Newt Gingrich has not. 

Will the GOP's latest crusade against unions spark a movement that can fill the space left by those unions which, nationwide, stare down their own demise?