Elections
Study says race is driving voter ID laws
July 24, 2012What is really behind the rash of new voter identification laws? We have available a scientific answer, one not distorted by political rhetoric or blatantly ridiculous reasons.
Read moreMichigan’s John Conyers: Tireless champion for jobs and voting rights
July 24, 2012What happens in the 2012 elections could make or break struggling cities like Detroit that have been devastated by the economic crisis.
Read moreGOP shoots down another jobs bill
July 20, 2012Once again, a planned Senate Republican filibuster brought down a jobs bill, the Bring Jobs Home Act.
Read moreIllinois Bain victims want action from GOP lawmakers
July 19, 2012The 170 workers whose jobs are slated to be shipped to China and the town's mayor are pressing their representatives to keep the jobs here.
Read moreWashington State “likes” Facebook voter registration
July 19, 2012While states like Florida are trying to make it harder and harder to vote - at least for some - the state of Washington has taken another tack.
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