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Gay on Trial
After state-level defeats, lawyers are taking the case for gay rights to federal court.
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Beyond Bars
The "tough on crime" era is coming to an end, leaving bloated prisons and blighted neighborhoods in its wake. But what's next?
A parole agent uses a flashlight to inspect a GPS locater worn on the ankle of a parolee.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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One More Bubble to Go
We've relied on a robust dollar to see us through the crisis, but that cushion is about to disappear.
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Don't Blame the Billionaires
It's time for liberals to worry less about inequality.
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Wall Street Meets Its Match
If Congress ends up with effective financial regulation, Sen. Maria Cantwell will deserve a lot of the credit.
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Fed Up With Federalism
Why isn't the stimulus working? States are sucking up funding faster than the federal government is pumping it in.
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Is Democracy a Dirty Word?
Obama is distancing himself from Bush's pro-democracy agenda. Activists are worried about the consequences.
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Let's Make a Deal
A look at the lobbying groups that shelled out the big bucks to influence health-care reform.
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Twilight of the Op-Ed Columnist
Are syndicated opinion writers a dying breed?
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The Innovation Administration
The White House assumes that newer ideas are always better, but that's not necessarily the case.
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The Myth of Too Big to Fail
Breaking up sprawling institutions won't be enough to
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The Obstacles to Real Health-Care Reform
How a series of roadblocks and compromises shaped the health-care debate -- and why the battle doesn't end when Obama signs a bill.
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Constant Comment
How Kathleen Parker became America's most-read woman columnist.
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Childbirth at the Global Crossroads
Women in the developing world who are paid to bear other people's children test the emotional limits of the international service economy.
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How Detroit Went Bottom-Up
Outsourcing has made the automotive industry so co-dependent and fragile that one company's downfall is every company's concern.
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Refugees of Diversity
One man's journey into the whitest -- and fastest growing -- communities in America.
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See Jerry Run. Again.
California, still living with the consequences of Jerry Brown's first governorship, is poised to elect him again.
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Overdue Process
When it comes to terrorist suspects in detention, Obama is finding that Bush set a difficult precedent to break.
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There Goes the Neighborhood
Housing speculators are back, and they're hindering efforts at block-by-block revitalization.
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The Truth About Tuition
The conversation about college costs shouldn't end at student loans.
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Present at the Re-Creation
These seven liberal financial experts are our best hope for truly fixing the economy.
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Aborting Health Reform
Without reproductive-health coverage, any public insurance plan is doomed to fail.
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Suburban Ghetto
Segregation, not immigration, is to blame for the growth of Hispanic gangs.
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Suburban Ghetto
Segregation, not immigration, is to blame for the growth of Hispanic gangs.
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Latin America's Legalization Push
South of the border, where drug violence has taken a serious toll, lawmakers are weighing their decriminalization options.
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Charm Offensive
A long list of liberal groups worked to elect Obama. Now the administration is working overtime to make sure they stay happy.
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Hillary's Challenge
Our first feminist secretary of state sets out to prove that foreign policy works best when it makes women a priority.
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The Last Drug Czar
Both Obama and his appointed leader of the war on drugs, Gil Kerlikowske, say they've had it with the military metaphors and are taking a new approach to America's substance abuse problem.
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The Shipping Point
Wal-Mart and other discount retailers are exploiting workers in California warehouses. Can an organizing campaign make a difference?
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