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The veteran LGBT activist is fighting for an Assembly seat in California, but she faces tough opposition from a current representative who moved into her district and who is backed by Speaker John Perez.

Hey, look it over—public ownership is the most effective way to fix America’s economy.

This Wednesday, Egyptians will hold the first competitive presidential poll after emerging from three decades of autocratic rule last year.

In the June 5 recall election to unseat Gov. Scott Walker and his cronies, grassroots activists are fighting millions in corporate cash.

When it comes to running Bank of America, shareholders don’t have much more influence than the demonstrators outside.

The state’s top number-cruncher discusses taxes, education and the consequences of drowning government in the bathtub.

The protests in Wisconsin have inspired a new generation of candidates—and they’re winning.

The battle between the Cato Institute and the Koch brothers for control over the conservative think tank has further entrenched the risible notion that the group regularly defies the Republican party line.

George Zornick scrutinizes Obama’s stance on campaign finance reform, Laura Bolt reports on the Supreme Court’s strip-search ruling and the editors congratulate John Nichols on winning the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism.

The true economic legacy of the Reagan years is not tax cuts but union busting.