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Life Always, a branch of controversial group Heroic Media , unveiled a new ad on Tuesday, this one starring former Planned Parenthood director turned anti-choice activist Abby Johnson.

So how serious of an issue is sexual harassment in this country? The same day as Herman Cain’s press conference where he denied harassment allegations, the American Association of University Women released the results a national study showing that more than half of students in grades 7 through 12 report experiencing some form of sexual harassment.

The ACLU of Texas announced today it’s asking Gov. Rick Perry to disclose any public funds used for “The Response,” Perry’s prayer rally

Conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel follows a tip and finds enough problems with Sean Hannity’s Freedom Concerts -- star-studded events meant to pay for

On Sunday’s Face the Nation, Attorney General Eric Holder left open the possibility of another lawsuit against Arizona’s SB 1070 if it goes into effect, in

Despite some of the more extreme attacks on Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh, Obama’s nominee for counsel to the State Department, Koh skillfully defended

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (Pic by Cooper Levey-Baker) Partnering with Citizens United, former presidential contender and Arkansas Gov

After cutting roughly $900 million in direct funding to K-12 education several weeks ago, Republican Gov. Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania told reporters Tuesday

A day after the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) lauded Basic Rights Oregon’s decision not to push for a marriage-equality bill next year, news comes

Melody Barnes, President Obama’s top domestic policy adviser, said today that the Obama administration does not have second thoughts about pushing health care

Yesterday, the Government Accountability Office issued findings that the Treasury Dept. has done nothing to measure the effectiveness of its Wall Street bailout

In what public interest and science organizations are declaring a “victory” for Texas education, the Board of Education voted Friday to accept new online

The United States could be the first Western nation in recent years to try a prisoner for war crimes allegedly committed as a child. So says the ACLU, which

Opponents could take up to 30 hours of precious floor time debating her nomination while Congress debates key legislation on health care, climate change and the economy.

The Los Angeles Times has a great story this morning on the natural gas pipeline that exploded in San Bruno last week, killing at least four people and

In his first public comment on TransCanada’s plan to build a new pipeline to move tar sands oil from Alberta to Port Arthur, Texas, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) criticized the project as unwise. The Washington Post reports that in an Oct.

A public hearing on legislation that would alter collective bargaining rights for Iowa’s public employees, and a rally to protest the bill, will be broadcast live online by the state Senate Democrats. The event will be livestreamed at www.senate.iowa.gov/democrats starting at 4 p.m. At 5 p.m., Democratic staff will livestream a pro-labor union rally on the first floor of the rotunda, and will switch to the hearing at 6 p.m

The U.S. economy gained 117,000 jobs in the month of July, a net increase driven entirely by the private sector. About 154,000 private sector jobs were created

Cass Sunstein, President Obama’s pick to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, was confirmed handily by the Senate just now by a vote of 57

The U.S. Marshals have ended a program credited with rounding up 34,000 fugitives in the past five years because the program is not affordable. The Associated Press reports that Project Safe Surrender was started in Ohio in 2005 after a law enforcement officer was shot in the head during a traffic stop