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Just a quick observation on the Blagojevich arrest: Did anyone else find it ironic that this episode comes just three days after Democratic Rep. William

Today, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission -- the bipartisan panel examining the causes of the financial crisis that plunged the country into recession --

Two-career professional families are dealing with the economic downturn by cutting back on nannies and other domestic workers, the New York Times says today.

Last night the Kentucky Senate race between Attorney General Jack Conway (D) and ophthalmologist Rand Paul (R) took a turn to serious issues, like the worship

Just as many advocates were hoping, the debate over immigration has begun. Where and when it will end is anybody’s guess. Right after yesterday’s meeting

The federal government might officially be closed, and House Democrats might have canceled votes, but don’t tell Senate leaders that there’s more precipitation

A report released Tuesday shows that hate violence against the LGBT and HIV-affected communities rose 13 percent in the U.S. in 2010. # The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs report (.pdf), “Hate Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and HIV-Affected Communities in the United States in 2010,” shows that: # 27 murders of LGBT and HIV-affected people were documented; the second-highest yearly total ever recorded; Among those reporting, transgender people and people of color faced the most severe hate violence; and Reports of violent crime increased 13 percent for all LGBT and HIV-affected people.

This is brilliant, and the White House should have done it a long time ago. Now, officially, neither the House nor Senate will vote on how and whether to

Al Jazeera: Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has said his country must reach out to its disenchanted brothers in an effort to stabilise the war ravaged

Inspired by the numerous videos that have already been created as a part of the anti-suicide and anti-bullying public awareness campaign “It Gets Better,” federal government employees from the National Parks Service, U.S.

Part 1: Programs like Bush-initiated Hope Now allow government and lending industry to show they are doing something while not doing much

The Federal Reserve released its flow-of-funds report yesterday, and the document shows household net worth has fallen $11.4 trillion from its 2007 bubble-era

A year later, Obama’s popularity is nearly identical to Election Day. Canadians still distrust the United States. HBO will air a documentary tonight on

Daniel Indiviglio at The Atlantic lists five reasons to celebrate President Obama’s renewed commitment to nuclear energy. Let’s take a look at numbers one and

I’ve been leafing through BP’s Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response Plan, which was the subject of a widely read analysis by the Associated Press. Now that the oil

At least according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, the results of which were released over the weekend. From The Times: The national telephone

John Patrick Bedell, who shot and wounded two police officers near the Pentagon earlier this month, bought at least one of his 9 mm guns at a Nevada gun show,

The Securities and Exchange Commission last month warned oil spill victims who have received money under the Gulf Coast Claims Facility to beware of investment

The new Quinnipiac poll on Pennsylvania’s 2010 U.S. Senate race shows Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) thrashing Republican candidate Pat Toomey, but only narrowly

Commenting on the undisclosed cash that was spent in the 2010 elections and the campaign finance reform battles that lie ahead in Congress, Democracy 21

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is slated to testify next week before the House Energy & Commerce Committee on the role of the Interior Department in the

We’ve heard a lot about the potential health impacts of the oil spill, but not much has been said about the mental health impacts. BP announced Monday it is

The topic of book banning entered the national conversation since the public started hearing about Sarah Palin’s inquiry into censoring books at the Wasilla,