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Here's an example of what happens when politicians stick to their guns.

You don't need a PhD in political science to know that America's social contract is badly frayed. A battery of polls and studies over recent years reveal the following depressing facts: That many Americans don't believe that they have much say in how the rules of society are made; many don't believe

Nueva York – La clase media del futuro en Estados Unidos está en peligro. Durante las ultimas dos décadas los estados han reducido su apoyo financiero hacia la educación superior pública, lo cual ha resultado en precios de matrícula mucho mas altos para estudiantes y sus familias.

The firsthand account of a veteran who was turned away from the polls in Pennsylvania because of a photo ID law.

When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, cities generate up 60 percent of all emissions. This number rises to 80 percent when including the indirect emissions of city dwellers (although the per capita carbon footprint is often lower in cities than in rural areas due to denser living conditions and

If Washington tackles corporate tax reform in the next year, as many expect, one thing is for sure: this debate will touch off a feeding frenzy for lobbyists, an avalanche of strategic campaign donations and, in the end, probably will yield only modest reform. Nor can we count on any increase in

Attorneys from Demos, Project Vote, and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sent a pre-litigation notice letter on Monday to the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth charging that the state is failing to provide low-income residents with a legally-mandated opportunity to register

10 Ways Student Debt Is Blocking the Economic Mobility of Young Americans

Not so long ago debt "was a four-letter word when spoken in the same breath as "retirement." Before waltzing into their golden years, older Americans paid off their loans, then celebrated by burning the mortgage.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been quietly advancing a radical right-wing agenda at the state level for decades. Their efforts recently came under fire when it was discovered that they were behind the “ Stand Your Ground” law implemented in Florida, which was used to justify