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In recent years, the debate about immigration in the U.S. has focused largely on how best to expel the undocumented: more border security, bigger fences, and even moats have been proposed.

It’s refreshing, then, to hear new ideas that acknowledge the humanity of those who immigrate to the U.S. Specifically, some have suggested that the amount of time an unauthorized individual has spent in the U.S. should be considered in evaluating their eligibility for obtaining citizenship.

"It is something out of the Stalinist Era," says Lindsey Graham. Perhaps the esteemed senator from South Carolina is angered by the CIA drone attacks? Or the Justice Department's kneecapping of FOIA, whereby the Agency seeks license to "lie, and claim records do not exist, when they do"?

Newt Gingrich recently railed against increased food security for the poorest and unluckiest in our society. On Nov 30, he insulted Obama by calling him the “best food stamp president in history.”

As the Durban climate talks come to an end, Canada announced on Monday that it would be withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol. Wait, what? Canada? This type of move is somewhat expected from the U.S., assuming we had ratified Kyoto, but not from our progressive neighbor to the North.

What happened?

One exciting thing about politics today, for all the dysfunction, is that we are living in an era of big and sweeping visions. The conservative plan for America -- say, as encapsulated in Paul Ryan's Roadmap for America -- would be devastating for many ordinary people, but you can't accuse the right of small thinking.

Despite what critics say, the DoE’s guaranteed loan program is a successful program and government investment to further develop clean energy is the right thing to do.

Are young people better off than their parents? At least when it comes to income, the answer depends on gender.

Despite what critics say, the DoE’s guaranteed loan program is a successful program and government investment to further develop clean energy is the right thing to do.

A ferocious fight over taxes is shaping up in California, where Governor Jerry Brown is supporting a ballot initiative that would raise $6 billion by hiking tax rates on the top 1 percent of earners.