JENNY KUTNER Researchers from the Penn State College of Medicine recently reviewed how the mandate’s “first-dollar coverage,” which ensures that...
TARA CULP-RESSLER AUGUST 20, 2014 Most Americans can’t correctly answer basic questions about the risks, frequency, and legality of abortion in...
Dara Lind On August 15, six days after the death of Michael Brown, the Ferguson Police Department finally identified the officer who shot Brown...
“John Stuart Mill called it ‘commonplace’ for political systems to have ‘a party or order or stability and a party of progress or reform.’” So...
Wray Herbert Posted: 08/20/2014 11:31 am EDT Updated: 4 hours ago [IMG] Walter Bibikow via Getty Images I think that a lot of us are shying away...
Do you know what happens to your donations? Very little goes to candidates if you give to these five organizations. It’s a scenario that has...
By ADOLFO FLORES AND RICHARD WINTON August 19, 2014 For days, authorities say, two South Pasadena High School students plotted a massacre for...
The Dean 2004 vet explains why she’s running for NY governor -- and how the left can take over the Democratic Party JOAN WALSH It’s official: The...
Cliff Schecter The National Rifle Association has been warning us about the threat of a heavily-armed and dangerous government crushing dissent...
CLANCY SIGAL The Lauren Bacall obits I’ve seen take only a fleeting glance at her politics. She had the guts and stamina of a classic New...
A Brief History of Wingnuts in America; From George Washington to Woodstock In this exclusive excerpt from the new edition of Wingnuts, author...
LINDSAY ABRAMS There are two reasons why you need to watch “Mission Blue,” the new documentary from directors Fisher Stevens and Robert Nixon...
Jim Wright . . . The events of Ferguson, Missouri over the last week are the norm in America. And there is nothing particularly new about any...
I'm surprised that no one has posted this. If I'm mistaken, my apologies. ROB GARVER August 14, 2014 The continuation of the political fight...
Lindsay Abrams Rick Halford is Republican to the core. The retired politician served the party in the Alaska state Legislature for 24 years,...
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) signed an extensive package of gun control measures on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. The...
Keith Boykin After learning that Los Angeles police shot and killed Ezell Ford Monday night, I spent a good deal of time Tuesday night and...
BY ERIC PIANIN, The Fiscal Times August 13, 2014 With Congress and the president on vacation and the situation in Iraq and Syria boiling over,...
[Given the discussion on the Iraq War, those of you who are interested in war and in history will likely find the following thought-provoking....
BY AMY GOLDSTEIN, The Washington Post August 12, 2014 Federal health officials are warning hundreds of thousands of people who have bought health...
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