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The Washington Post reports that a series of strong earthquakes killed hundreds of people in western China, badly damaging at least two schools, shattering homes and spreading fire through …

By gollies, one group in our country has what it takes! One group has done more than just strut around at teabag rallies, barking loudly about nullification, secession, militias …

Senate Republicans today debuted their new strategy for financial reform: Refuse to cooperate with Democrats on grounds that the Dems are too willing to give Wall Street what it …

In 2000, Justice John Paul Stevens powerfully dissented from the Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision allowing the Boy Scouts of America to ban an exceptional young man — an Eagle …

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) released a letter Tuesday he sent previously to Attorney General Eric Holder, urging him to implement accountability provisions in the Patriot Act …

The 10-day federal civil trial is over, the verdict is in. The nation's largest union, SEIU, claimed victory on March 9 after a nine-person jury awarded them a total …

We need a new language for understanding public education as formative for democratic institutions.

Rachel Maddow interviews the Chairman of the Congressional Oversight Panel for TARP Elizabeth Warren on bailouts:

Washington - There is something weird going on in the Republican Party when Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn is the voice of reason. There is something dangerous going on in …

Dawn Johnsen was one of Barack Obama's most progressive nominees; a strong voice for the rule of law, her nomination to the Office of Legal Counsel would have been …