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Being fourth is not usually something to be proud of, but for Detroit is a huge leap forward. For many years the city has been cited as the most segregated community in the country, but new census numbers released last month show the city’s segregation is beginning to break down. And Salon.com has a fantastic piece reviewing the historic and economic issues behind the traditional segregation and why it is changing today.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has responded to reports from over the weekend that BP is set to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and that Transocean,

Using the antiquated rules of the U.S. Senate, Sen.

For the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, it is WaMu week. Tomorrow, the subcommittee will release more than 500 documents on Washington

It looks as though the McCain campaign is developing a new theme for its attacks on Sen. Barack Obama. As in the infamous "That’s not change we can believe

A hearing earlier today on SB 1070, Arizona’s immigration crackdown, went basically as expected: Department of Justice lawyers argued that the law pre-empted

Did foreclosures play a direct role in the election results? At the Orange County Register, real-estate blogger Jon Lansner thinks so. He matched up states with

“Take the Test, Take Control” is the key message of the National HIV Testing Day held on June 27 and sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Association of People with AIDS. # “ All Americans need to know they should Take the Test, Take Control , at least once a year,” reads a National Association of People with AIDS announcement

The Rev. Mark Bidwell of Ferndale is coming under fire after police responded to an emergency call to his home on Sept

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), chairman of an airline safety panel, will hold hearings early next year to examine the holes in airport screening that allowed a

A big statement from the senior senator from Arizona, who famously floundered at the start of the financial crisis in September 2008 by -- among other things --

So he tells The New York Times. This renders inoperative something I said to Jezebel’s Megan Carpentier this morning. We’ll see how this plays out in practice,

Treasury Sec. Henry Paulson saved AIG to avoid a brutal restructuring of the credit default swap market.

The Senate Judiciary Committee vote to send Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder’s confirmation to the full Senate has been postponed after Sen. Arlen Specter

While some Detroit-area ministers are actively participating in this weekend’s prayer rally at Ford Field, others are speaking out against the rally as a result of some of the anti-Muslim and extremist views of the rally’s organizers. Rev. Charles Williams II, Pastor of Detroit’s Historic King Solomon Baptist Church and a member of People For the American Way’s African American Ministers in Action , urged people of faith to reject the divisive and politically charged extremism of The Call, and to join together in prayer for a future that lifts up all the people of Michigan, regardless of faith and ethnicity

President of the Senate of College Councils Carisa Neitsche penned a column in the UT student newspaper today demanding a more thoughtful response from UT

The Associated Press reports the federal government is telling gun sellers in border states that they must report anyone who has purchased two high-powered rifles within a five day period. The guidelines affect New Mexico, California, Arizona, and Texas