Mother Jones has an interesting account of discord in the ritzy Hamptons, site of multiple Romney fundraisers. A land where millionaires are feuding with billionaires, it seems, over helicopter pads
The AP reports Sen. Patrick Leahy will make yet another appearance in a Batman movie with The Dark Knight Rises comes out this month. The Democrat from Vermont has previously
Governor Rick Perry of Texas joins a list of growing states who say they will refuse to implement Medicaid expansion in their states. The one-time presidential hopeful stated yesterday,
Perhaps the most controversial swing state of all, Florida is on track to once again be a political battleground for presidential candidates in the November election. First Lady Michelle Obama
Colorado is leading the way concerning several policies, and may eventually be a good model for other states for how to take divisive issues and hold positive and creative dialogue
In a recent ruling, Judge Marcia Cook permanently blocked a Florida law that prohibited physicians and other medical providers from asking patients whether they owned firearms or discussing firearms safety.
Announced Monday, the social network Facebook will launch a new application allowing users to share their vote with friends. The "I'm voting" app will let Facebook
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the US Treasury ran almost a $1 trillion dollar federal budget deficit for the first nine months of 2012. While this is less than
On track to be the most expensive election in U.S. history, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama raked in a total of $177.1 million in
[Last week], the California Senate passed the TRUST Act. Known by some as the “anti-Arizona immigration law,” it would limit California law enforcement’s cooperation with the federal Secure
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Constitutional law scholar Daniel Farber opines on the Supreme
In the 50 years since Silent Spring was published, the environmental movement it helped create has accomplished a great deal. It may be less popular to suggest, but it is
