The shocking assault in India reveals that rape isn’t about sex—it’s about controlling women’s lives.
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The GOP’s Dangerous Debt-Ceiling Threat
Negotiating on the debt ceiling is anything but responsible.
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Boehner Opens 113th Congress with Sad Posturing
The things this guy has to do to placate his caucus…
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Call it Trafficking
Unpacking the gray moral areas the United States has created when it comes to international adoption.
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One Man’s Disaster Relief Is Another Man’s Pork
The old rules don’t apply.
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Will John Boehner Lose the Speakership?
The fiscal cliff deal might cost the Ohio Republican his perch atop the GOP.
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What Do You Mean, “Both Sides?”
Partisan polarization is still an asymmetrical phenomenon.
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Advertising Those Second Amendment Rights
A list of some of the gun-totin’-est political ads from the last few years.
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The Republican Party Is the Problem
The fight over the fiscal cliff was a reminder that the GOP remains the main impediment to economic recovery.
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Get Ready for the Next Crisis
The deal reached by the president and Republicans to avert the fiscal cliff simply puts off the crisis for two months, by which time Democrats will have lost their leverage.
