But in terms of policy, it's a bit of a different story: A handful of states are using the health reform law to test out various government-run health plans.
For the last few years, new efforts have been radiating outward from Indian country to develop energy policies that will better serve our communities and our descendants. I was privileged to be involved in one recent initiative in South Dakota. In the summer of 2009 …
The federal government plans to change the law to legally recognize the marriages of same-sex couples who came to Canada to wed, even if the laws of their home country do not, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Friday. "I want to make it very clear that, in our government's v …
Reaching what one organizer called an “unexpected supermajority,” a meeting of more than 100 conservative Christian leaders voted on Saturday to support Rick Santorum for the Republican presidential nomination. The strong vote for Mr.
The Italian captain of the cruise ship that ran aground -- killing three people and injuring 20 more -- was arrested late Saturday and is being investigated for abandoning ship and manslaughter, said a local prosecutor in Grosetto, Italy. Abandoning ship is the more serious of t …
Even as we pass judgment on countries we consider unfree, Americans remain confident that any definition of a free nation must include their own — the land of free. Yet, the laws and practices of the land should shake that confidence. In the decade since Sept.
Government officials often regard mass demonstrations as a bad thing because they interfere with traffic, produce noise and demand police resources. In fact, they are a good thing: an exercise of vital rights in a democracy. Yes, they can be a nuisance.
U.S. District Court Judge, John Gibney, Jr.
Maddow explained that the Republican talking points always stay the same against Democrats, even when they don’t make sense.
In order to truly understand the concept of Corporate Personhood one must first give up the uninformed and ignorant notion that it began with the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, and that it only applies to campaign spending. In fact, the concept of corporat …
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