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Department of Homeland Security Immigration Agencies Fall Short
As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) celebrates its seventh anniversary, its immigration agencies are struggling to “create more humane ways to enforce broken laws” - but trying to …
A Step Backward for Women’s Health Care?
Monday evening, after a rousing speech in Philadelphia pushing for health reform passage, President Obama will celebrate International Women's Day with a White House reception honoring women around the …
Unemployment Statistics Obscure the Hit Taken by Single Moms
Break down today's unemployment stats, and it looks like women are faring much better than men in the great recession. That is, unless they're single and raising kids.
Alarm Bells Sounded Over Skyrocketing Number of New Anti-Government Groups
Driven by anger toward “political, demographic, and economic changes,” a surge of anti-government extremist groups occurred this year, according to a report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center …
Arizona to Criminalize Presence of Undocumented Immigrants
A bill currently working its way through the Arizona legislature would criminalize the presence of undocumented immigrants in the state through an expansion of its trespass laws, increase the …
“The Oasis“
During January, I had the opportunity to visit Tallahassee's “Cornerstone Learning Community,” an oasis of love, experiment and investigation, actual respect for each individual person, and a sense of …
The Resnicks Manipulate Water Policy With Big Campaign Contributions
Stewart Resnick, the Beverly Hills agribusiness tycoon who owns 115,000 acres of farmland in Kern County, appears to be putting his bets on Jerry Brown as the winner of …
Are Latinos White? Census Confusion Sparks Debate Over Racial Identity
El Paso - Anthropologists and Latino residents of El Paso have called into question recent statements made by a social activist that advise Hispanics to register their race as …
Fiction of Marjah as City Was US Information War
For weeks, the U.S. public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan War against what it was told was a “city of 80,000 people” as well as the logistical …
Ezra Klein | Government by Loophole
Ask a kid who just took civics how a bill becomes a law and she'll explain that Congress takes a vote and if a majority supports the bill, the …