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The report offers the “most detailed look to date of the human cost and the severity of this recession,” says Lawrence Katz of Harvard. People talk about a lost decade. We’ve already had it.”

The Anoka-Hennepin School District is defending its policies in light of lawsuits by six district students , unfavorable coverage on the editorial pages of area newspapers and a renewed national spotlight on the accusation of an unsafe environment for LGBT youth in the district’s schools. The district says its policies are not to blame for bullying in the district, but others have charged that the schools’ policy that limits LGBT discussions in schools is harmful to students. Last week, the Star Tribune editorial board called the school district “gutless.” “While polls show that Americans increasingly favor tolerance and equal rights for gays, Anoka-Hennepin is stuck in the past, hiding behind an ambiguous policy in the name of neutrality,” the paper wrote.

A handful of religious right groups are criticizing the Obama administration’s role in urging countries doing business with the United States to ease up on

On Wednesday morning, the House Committee on Rules and Administration approved an amendment that would codify a ban on gay marriage within the Minnesota Constitution by a vote of 13 to 12.

2009 is poised to be a big year for the Democrats, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to overlook the GOP here at TWI. I’m pleased to announce that David

After her surprise victory over Rep. Mike Castle in the Delaware Republican Senate primary, sudden national figure and social conservative heroine Christine

Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island (Pic by Office of Senate President, via flsenate.gov) The Miami-Dade County Commission on Tuesday approved a resolution urging the Florida Legislature to not pass any immigration legislation in 2012.

When I asked Mike Connolly of the Club for Growth what, exactly, could strip candidates who’d signed the Club’s Repeal It pledge of official support, Connolly

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The Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously that to convict an individual for identity theft, the defendant must have known that he was using the identity of

What drives Obama’s approval ratings? It’s the economy, stupid. Reid makes concessions to Landrieu and Nelson to win their support for Saturday’s health

It’s been about a month since Adm. Michael Mullen conceded that a Defense Department initiative to expand so-called dwell time between Army deployments would

If you want to read a scathing attack on the F-22 fighter jet, make sure to check out this piece at DODBuzz, co-written by retired Air Force Col. Robert Dilger

Emmett Township Public Safety officials confirm that firefighters from the department have investigated 9-1-1 reports that there was a heavy odor of oil near the Ceresco dam.

Greg Sargent mines a Washington Post piece to discover that the Obama administration is looking to declassify a 2004 CIA inspector general’s report that laid

Count this one as a partial victory for SB 1070 opponents: Arizona’s new immigration law will go into effect tomorrow, but without some of its contested

With the bankruptcy of Lehman Bros. and the Bank of America takeover of Merrill Lynch roiling Wall Street, Sen. John McCain attempted to reassure voters about

TWI Exclusive: From a pizza box to your screen, here are the attacks McCain plans to deliver against Obama at tonight’s debate.

In a telling, but non-scientific, survey of the Republican Party’s social conservative base, former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) won the 2009 Values Voter straw

Just released: I strongly condemn the attacks that occurred this morning in Jakarta, and extend my deepest condolences to all of the victims and their loved