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Canadians Oust Stephen Harper, Right-Wing Prime Minister Who Ignored Climate Change and Shunned First Nations
Canadian voters have unseated right-wing Prime Minister Stephen Harper after nearly a decade in office.
Is Pro-Bush Super PAC Obscuring Spending?
Right to Rise USA's money trail to biggest vendor ends at DC post office box.
Why Today’s GOP Crackup Is the Final Unraveling of Nixon’s “Southern Strategy“
Tea Party rebels are exposing the deep rifts between country-club elites and social-issue hard-liners.
What One Historian Wishes Bernie Sanders Said About Being a Socialist
Social democracy simply means a system that leaves room for small enterprises but also recognizes that we're all part of a larger community.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Take Center Stage at First Democratic Debate of 2016 Race
The debate covered contentious topics from gun control to climate change to the 2003 vote to invade Iraq.
Is Snowden a Hero or Traitor? Democrats Debate Whether NSA Whistleblower Should Face Jail Term
Democratic candidates sparred on Tuesday about what should happen to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The Democratic Debate: A Brief Field Guide
Will a policy discussion break out in the Democratic presidential debate tonight?
The Rise of the United States’ Secret Government: The Deadly Legacy of Ex-CIA Director Allen Dulles
It's been more than 50 years since Allen Dulles resigned as director of the CIA, but his legacy lives on.
Donald Trump and the Republican Descent Into Xenophobia
Republicans must decide if they belong to the party of Lincoln or the xenophobic Know-Nothing Party of the 1800s.
Do the Democrats Offer a Progressive Choice for President?
If included in the presidential debates, Green Party candidate Jill Stein could push other candidates to the left on foreign policy.