Is Gun Violence the Cost of Freedom?

by Daniel Stone Jan 13, 2011 4:17 PM EST

Looking in from abroad, much of the world has historically been baffled by America’s gun laws.... MORE

Human Rights Campaign Rates New Congress Antigay

by Ben Adler Jan 11, 2011 4:15 PM EST

The country's leading gay-rights group examines the record of all the members of the 112th... MORE

Tea Party Patriots to Convene in Arizona

by Ben Adler Jan 4, 2011 4:30 PM EST

The Tea Party Patriots are pointing to Phoenix as a cultural, political, and economic model. MORE

Why Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal is Not the Brown v. Board of Ed for Gay Rights

by Ben Adler Dec 18, 2010 4:45 PM EST

A bill to let gays serve openly in the military has passed Congress.... MORE

The Year's Biggest Political Lies

by Daniel Stone Dec 17, 2010 10:31 AM EST

From a year of enormous whoppers—like the president's alleged $200 million-a-day trip to India and... MORE

Linda McMahon's Quixotic Lingering in the Connecticut Senate Arena

by David A. Graham Dec 14, 2010 4:48 PM EST

Rumor has it that defeated GOP Connecticut Senate candidate Linda McMahon wants to try her hand... MORE

Is Health-Care Reform Really in Trouble?

by Daniel Stone Dec 13, 2010 3:20 PM EST

After a Virginia judge ruled against a part of the health-care-reform package, the White House... MORE

Why Bernie Sanders Filibustered the Tax-Cut Deal

by Ben Adler Dec 13, 2010 11:30 AM EST

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.... MORE

DADT Vote Proof the Senate Is Broken

by David A. Graham Dec 9, 2010 4:06 PM EST

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No One Really Cares About Deficits

by Ben Adler Dec 7, 2010 11:50 AM EST

President Obama and congressional Republicans made a deal to temporarily extend the Bush tax cuts.... MORE

Senate Republicans' 'Hostage Taking' on Tax Cuts Not Unprecedented

by Ben Adler Dec 6, 2010 7:00 PM EST

Experts say that taking legislation hostage to pass something an individual senator or group of... MORE

Education Does Not Explain Growth in Inequality

by Ben Adler Dec 6, 2010 4:00 PM EST

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke told CBS's "60 Minutes" that rising inequality is due to gaps... MORE