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Earlier this afternoon, Friends of the Earth, an environmental group that opposes the Democrats’ soon-to-be-voted-on climate change bill, shot out an email

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.

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

The stock market may be down 50 percent from a year ago, housing prices might be at 2003 levels, unemployment might be gaining momentum and recovery may be

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,

Despite the Legislature’s failure to pass a bill this year to increase the percentage of votes needed to pass a voter initiated constitutional amendment, grassroots advocates recently voiced their opposition to the move they see as part of a trend by legislators to limit the power of the people. Those advocates say that making it more difficult for the people to circumvent the Legislature by changing the constitution by direct vote only gives Capitol lobbyists more power to make laws and reduces the influence of the average citizen.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who campaigned for Barack Obama during his election, is becoming increasingly displeased with the president’s stance on

Last night, Dave showed that the looming hold on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is no partisan matter, with Rep. Joe You Lie Wilson (R-S.C.) and former

The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation has endorsed the recommendation of a state commission to raise the tax on gasoline by up to 10 cents per gallon. Craig Lang In the endorsement statement, IFBF President Craig Lang (also recently elevated as an Iowa Regent at the request of Gov. Terry Branstad) said that an increase “is the fairest way to fund” road repairs “because it charges people who actually use the roads whether they live in Iowa or are from out-of-state.” Here’s the statement: With rural roads making up nearly 90,000 miles of the state’s 114,000-mile road system, the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) applauds the Governor’s Transportation 2020 Citizen Advisory Commission recommendation for an additional 8 to 10 cents per gallon fuel tax

Just when you thought the Florida Senate race drama had stabilized for a few hours, meet Jeff Greene. Greene, a real estate billionaire, is reportedly preparing

In a post-midterm press conference today, President Obama called on lawmakers to find areas of consensus on energy policy. Well, I think I’ve been willing to

Colorado Sixth District Congressman Mike Coffman is making national headlines for trotting out a Glenn Beck-style Obama conspiracy theory on Denver talk radio. He said the president is secretly working to grant citizenship to millions of undocumented residents who will return the favor by voting for Obama next November

Of the 532 sitting members of Congress, just 76 are female. But tonight, the hottest elections on tap feature female candidates regarded as major game

One of the odd coincidences of CPAC is the location of the National Organization for Marriage’s booth just 20-odd feet away from the booth of GOProud, the

I meant to blog this when it first came out, but Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times writer Paul Krugman has as good an evisceration of the

A spokeswoman for Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration said yesterday in a statement to The Florida Independent that it believes Florida’s plan to allow Medicaid providers the option of not providing family planning “is in compliance with federal requirements.” # The agency is currently in charge of writing up proposals of Florida’s Medicaid reform program to show the federal government for approval. The agency is not expressing any concerns that the federal government might strike down an opt-out provision for family planning . # This past legislative session, the state Legislature added a provision to its Medicaid overhaul that allows Medicaid providers to choose to not provide family planning services for “moral or religious” reasons, as requested by Florida Catholic Services

Democratic candidate Matt Campbell, who is challenging Republican Rep. Steve King in Iowa’s 5th Congressional District, has issued a stinging response to

While Barack Obama’s win signals a new era of politics, it is one fraught with peril because so much is expected of the new president. He faces two wars, an economic system in crisis and an American public that has invested a great deal of faith in this one man to solve their problems.

The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder says Carol Browner, President Obama’s climate and energy policy adviser, is a plausible candidate to become White House chief of

In 2008, one of the worst years to run as a Republican candidate for Congress, Lt. Col. Allen West (Ret.) ran against freshman Rep. Ronald Klein (D-Fla.) in the

Tory Newmeyer confirms that Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) will resign from Congress this afternoon, ending any drama over whether he would stick around to help block