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Contraception debate heats up

The debate on women’s rights has shifted to the contraceptive-coverage mandate, as the President Obama’s administration faces criticism from the Catholic church and Republicans.... Read more»1

Military public schools get failing grade

A substantial number of public schools on military bases are in either poor or failing condition, and many are overcrowded, a new report card by the Defense Department shows.... Read more»

Smart v. Stupid

FBI investigates News Corp—Is Fox News next?

Last week, we outlined the admitted (and denied) criminal allegations at News Corp and issued a first-in-the-nation call for an FBI investigation. Since, calls for a U.S. look at Murdoch’s media empire have exploded, public outrage is unabated, and the FBI is looking at News Corp.... Read more»

DREAM Act fact sheet

Congress is set to consider the DREAM Act in the lame duck session. The bill would provide legal status to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children provided they meet strict conditions. The bill, supported across the political spectrum, promotes hard work and the notion that you can be successful no matter where you were born or who your parents are.... Read more»

Big polluters freed from environmental oversight by stimulus

In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the nation’s biggest polluters and granted them sweeping exemptions from the most basic form of environmental oversight, a Center for Public Integrity investigation has found.... Read more»

Republicans ready health-repeal agenda, Democrats continue push

Many Democrats, concerned that voters view health care reform in a negative light, continue to not mention it. Republicans, predicted to take control of the House and increase their ranks in the Senate, continue to criticize the law as too large and too expensive.... Read more»

Smart v. Stupid

The Republicans' weak women

One group of Republican candidates is performing poorly in races from coast to coast. Why did Republicans choose such a weak bunch of women?... Read more»1

Democrats gain in polling, but health care gives 'enthusiasm' edge to GOP

Democrats are gaining ground in campaign polling, but Republicans still hold a lead, buoyed in part by their stance on health care as the November midterm elections near.... Read more»

Guest opinion

Opinion: Let’s be reasonable about BP

The administration’s raging against BP is not going to get the oil to stop flowing or get it cleaned up any faster. It is rank populism for political purposes and is not something the president of the United States, or Congress, should provoke.... Read more»

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