Elections
The 2012 elections changed Texas
November 8, 2012The growing Latino vote, much discussed in national politics, may have accounted for the Democrats' successes in Texas.
Read moreRomney’s defeat nothing to do with his Mormonism
November 7, 2012Today it's hard to believe that one once had to be a Protestant to hold high office.
Read moreVoters give Obama four more years to move nation forward
November 7, 2012Battling an unprecedented barrage of lies, voter suppression laws, racially-charged attacks and fringe ideology on women, immigrants, gays and lesbians, fueled with billions of Wall Street and secretive super PACS dollars, the coalition backing the president...
Read moreElections in the new Virginia
November 7, 2012On November 6, voters in the key battleground state of Virginia formed extremely long lines and in some cases waited for hours to vote.
Read moreWhat Obama’s re-election means for the environment
November 7, 2012After a re-election that immediately followed the havoc Hurricane Sandy wreaked on the East Coast, President Obama mentioned climate change in his acceptance speech last night.
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