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Chicago - Illinois has been known for choosing Republicans of a moderate brand, in the mold of James R. Thompson, the state’s longest serving governor, or Mark Steven Kirk, …

Michael Moore led hundreds of people from the Left Forum conference to Zuccotti Park on Saturday where hundreds had gathered to reoccupy the park to mark six months since …

In the last few weeks, ThinkProgress has been documenting studies by political science professors Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal that show Republicans are both beholden to the 1 percent …

Wow, the AARP must be taking lessons from the Democratic Party, that you can afford sell out your putative base if you do the bidding of really big moneyed …

Rio De Janeiro - In designing a new immigration policy, Brazil is caught between the need to attract skilled workers and professionals in order to meet the challenges posed …

Phoenix - Tony Diaz, aka “El Librotraficante” (or book smuggler) is arriving in Tucson on Friday with a truckload of Mexican-American books that were effectively banned from the Tucson …

Police officers prepare to detain protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement during a rally at Zuccotti Park in New York, March 17, 2012. Scores of Occupy Wall Street …

Police detain a man and woman during a rally of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators at Zuccotti Park in New York, March 17, 2012. The demonstration was in celebration of …

A man is arrested outside after the St. Charles Caucus was shut down at Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles, Missouri, on March 17, 2012. The event …

In the space of a minute, federal prison worker Jason Unwin was twice attacked by a furious, muscle-bound inmate on Dec. 21, 2010. …