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As same-sex-marriage friends and foes gear up for another marriage battle in Maine in 2012, a soon-to-be released documentary about a 2009 voter referendum that

Texans filled the pews at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church in Houston Friday night, to join religious leaders and activist organizations in opposing “The

TWI’s David Weigel is on the ground in Massachusetts reporting on the latest developments in the special election. Chris Beam captures the enthusiasm on the

It took until after his corruption scandal-induced resignation, but interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave an interview in September to the Israeli

Graham’s Gang of 14 proposal isn’t finding many takers among Dems. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) is pushing for a loophole in the Senate’s financial reform

Obama’s Supreme Court nominee will have to be reasonable to all voters. Reid backs away from his previous pledge on immigration. Technology companies are

This morning marked the opening of Netroots Nation , the national progressive organizing and media conference, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Formerly called YearlyKos, the four-day summit this year features a keynote tonight by former Sen.

The Personhood Mississippi logo (Pic via Facebook) A group of Mississippi State University students held a protest against the state’s so-called “Personhood” amendment yesterday . The amendment, which will appear on the state’s ballot next month, aims to ban abortion but could have a host of negative consequences .

Obama chats with John Boehner about skin color. Congress may have fewer women next year. Lisa Murkowski tries to keep Tea Party ads off the air. A

The controversial pipeline that would reroute a Georgia-Pacific paper mill’s waste into the larger St. Johns River has long confounded environmentalists in the area.

On Monday, U.S. Department of Labor Sec. Hilda Solis, together with the ambassadors of Costa Rica, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic, signed agreements

As the presidential campaign season heats up, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has vastly outraised his Republican rivals, none of whom managed to raise a quarter of the funds he’s collected

Former three-term Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez is running as a Democrat for the U.S. House in New Mexico’s First District, writes Albuquerque Journal. Democratic Rep

State legislators in Missouri passed a bill yesterday that further restricts cases in which women can receive late-term abortions. Missouri’s restriction is similar to language in Florida’s state ban on public funding for abortion.

Thaddeus McCotter praised grassroots activists in Iowa, saying his own “most fulfilling and rewarding” political position was when he was elected as a

In an October 2001 memo released today on Monday, then-Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel John Yoo advised the Pentagon’s top

The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a letter to the attorneys general of all 50 states requesting assistance in quashing discrimination against HIV-positive people in certain training programs. “It is critical that we continue to work to eradicate discriminatory and stigmatizing treatment towards individuals with HIV based on unfounded fears and stereotypes,” Assistant Attorney General Perez said

Elena Kagan can only hope it’ll be this easy for her: Gen. David H. Petraeus was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate Wednesday as the new Afghan war

Bill Clinton says today’s GOP makes Bush look like a liberal. In Missouri, life begins at conception. Mike Castle won’t endorse Christine