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The prevailing story about green technology is that the [United States is losing out](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/business/09subsidies.html?ref=earth) to China, Europe, Brazil, everyone, on this front. And the federal government could do more to support green innovation. But here are two examples of the United States leading on green innovations. [The first](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/17/dept-of-energy-makes-150m_n_879542.html?ir=Green) is an example of government-funded research succeeding. […]

Unlike most people, Matt Bai is bullish on erstwhile presidential candidate Jon Huntsman. The New York Times reporter joined the former Utah governor on the campaign trail and came away convinced that he’d be viable in the Republican presidential primary despite his conciliatory rhetoric and reputation for moderation. For Bai, Huntsman’s potential as a presidential […]

Every election season, before the contest begins choking news cycles, state governments try to pass laws and regulations that will help push one party or another to victory. Republicans and Democrats tweak election laws that detail who can vote, when, where and how easy it will be, all in the belief that these administrative structures […]

Anti-abortion zealots do not trust Mitt Romney one bit. At the Republican Leadership Conference over the weekend, the Susan B. Anthony List, the organization nominally dedicated to electing anti-abortion women to office, announced the pledge they’ve convinced most of the major candidates to sign. But Mitt Romney refused to sign the pledge. Nevermind that the […]

Sam Petulla writes about the Obama administration’s struggle to move forward with education reform. Sharon Lerner examines Omaha’s school-integration program and asks: Will it work for the rest of the nation?

For [all the complaints](http://prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=06&year=2011&base_name=light_bulbs_and_lastditch_clim) about more efficient light bulbs, government leaders on a municipal level see them as a key way to decrease cities’ energy use and carbon emissions. Also top on their list: low-energy building technology and solar systems. That’s according to [a new report](http://usmayors.org/cleanenergy/) from The Conference of Mayors on clean energy solutions. […]