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A spinoff of the King Street Patriots Texas Tea Party, True the Vote aims to have 1 million poll watchers in place by November. 

Meet the secret bases that make up the backbone of a new American robotic way of war.

Community partnerships are seen as a softer counterterrorism. But who are the partners?

The internationally renowned activist talks to Katha Pollitt about women and driving in Saudi Arabia, a feminist Islam, and the chances for a “Saudi Spring.”

Only the deepest cuts in the country will satisfy this crowd. Will the treatment kill the patient?

Kurt Schwitters and Blinky Palermo made art that was deliberately elusive, that does not want to be pinned down.

Can Governor Rick Perry hold off a stronger than expected challenger and take a shot at 2012?

The anti-poverty group ACORN was crucial to recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina hit.

In The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Diane Ravitch has found a new métier as a critic of neo-capitalist school reform.