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Californians seem to be growing more accepting of immigrants, according to a Los Angeles Times/USC poll released this weekend. Among likely voters, 59 percent

With her 20 minute “Story of Stuff” web-video, Annie Leonard explained some of the downside of consumerism to a lot of Americans. Now with her “Story of Citizens United” video, she explains why she and many others believe the corporate personhood extended by the 2010 Citizens United vs FEC Supreme Court decision threatens the U.S. democratic system of government.

Greg Sargent reports that the GOP may yet come up with a way to satisfy the Tea Party’s demands for representation among the Republican leadership. How? By

Josh Gerstein reports on a speech Attorney General Eric Holder gave today: Lawyers who accept professional responsibility to protect the rule of law and the

A senior Senate source emails with this preview of what to expect in the chamber’s energy bill, which is expected to take shape in the coming weeks. The

Weekly initial jobless claims fell to 460,000, down 14,000 from the prior week, the Labor Department announced this morning. Economists had expected

One aspect of the housing market that seems to be holding true is that no one is left untouched by its decline, and that includes the rich and powerful. First

Residents of Southwest Ranches and Pembroke Pines, as well as immigrant advocates, will gather Thursday to once again voice their opposition to the construction of a privately run immigration detention center in Broward County.

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee asks Secretary Gates about the speed of our force drawdown in Iraq and our force

So say White House and BP officials, who warned today that it might be July before they’re able to plug the leak that’s spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The

According to Eason Jordan at subscription-only IraqSlogger, the Maliki government is charging shoe-throwing journalist Muntader al-Zaidi with insulting the

Then here, read this: It is unclear from unclassified reports whether the information gained was critical in foiling actual plots. Mohammed later told outside

HuffPo’s Ryan Grim reports that House Republicans have introduced a motion to penalize strategic defaulters -- underwater homeowners who simply stop paying

A slew of big-name conservatives will appear at the first ever regional Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando on Sept. 23. Confirmed speakers include Mitt Romney, Ann Coulter, Marco Rubio, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul .

The National Organization for Marriage-backed Vota Tus Valores campaign, which previously launched a bus tour around the state of California urging Latinos to

Soon-to-be-Retired Gen. Karl Eikenberry’s confirmation hearing to be ambassador to Afghanistan is scheduled to begin this morning, and while he’s probably