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Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) during a television interview in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 29, 2012. (Photo: Luke Sharrett / The New York …

There's something happening here, and it is exactly clear. We are in a savagely perilous place.

A police officer stands guard as protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, March 27, 2012. The Supreme Court heard arguments on the individual mandate Tuesday, the central …

David Koch, center, a billionaire known for his family's contributions to conservative causes, listens as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the fifth annual Defending the American Dream …

John Thompson spent 18 years in prison — 14 of them on death row — for crimes he did not commit. But as he was facing his seventh execution …

The current value of the federal minimum wage — $7.25 per hour — is often compared to the cost of living, the average wage in the economy, or the …

After years of struggle in the courts, legislatures and the streets, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ... Today, this ugly part of America's past …

Washington - With the fate of President Obama's health care law hanging in the balance at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, a lawyer for the administration faced a barrage …

(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, the authors of the book “Why Nations Fail,” recently reacted on their blog to the …

There are two things every American needs to know about Bank of America. The first is that it's corrupt. This bank has systematically defrauded almost everyone with whom it …