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GOP and the Voting Rights Act: Can these Republicans do the right thing?
Gary May
Once upon a time, brave Republicans helped make the Voting Rights Act law. Its future depends on similar courage
Hundreds of thousands of guns unaccounted for in the US
Michael Winship
The ATF's latest findings are horrifying. Scarier still? The true figure is likely much higher
Our theocracy nightmare: President Palin’s martial law
Frederic C. Rich
What if McCain/Palin won, then McCain died -- and a terror attack followed. Apocalyptic fiction from a nightmare
You made Wendy Davis possible
Jonathan Bernstein
Monumental achievements won this week -- from reproductive rights to marriage equality -- prove the power of voters
Will the Fed chair finally crack down on Wall Street?
Alison Fitzgerald
If appointed, US Central Bank Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen is likely to be a tougher regulator than Bernanke
Pelosi: Hillary Clinton “would win” the 2016 presidential race
Jillian Rayfield
"I don't know why she wouldn't run," said the House Minority Leader
Retired general reportedly under investigation for Stuxnet leaks
Pete Yost
Former Gen. James Cartwright was reportedly named in a probe into leaks about covert cyberattacks in Iran
Dark-skinned and plus-sized: The real Rachel Jeantel story
Brittney Cooper
Painting Rachel Jeantel as "combative" is a classic way to discredit the validity of black women's traumas
“White House Down”: Destroying America in order to save it
Andrew O'Hehir
Channing Tatum saves Jamie Foxx's peacemaking black president from a right-wing coup in "White House Down"
Senate passes historic immigration bill
David Espo, Erica Werner
Legislation offering citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the US now heads to the House
Obama, African leaders clash on gay rights
Julie Pace
Senegalese President Macky Sall insisted he is "still not ready to decriminalize homosexuality"
From Stonewall to the death of DOMA: A look back at gay rights in the U.S.
Calvin Woodward
A look at episodes in the modern history of the gay rights movement and how attitudes have changed along the way
San Francisco celebrates after Supreme Court rulings
Lisa Leff
Thousands took to the streets in California after the DOMA and Prop 8 decisions
It’s a Wendy Davis nation, now
Irin Carmon
For years, Democrats' pro-choice stance was blamed for losing "values" voters. Today, that's all changing fast
UPDATED: Salon’s marriage equality “courage-meter”
Ben Wheelock, Blake Zeff
Which public officials have shown guts -- or expediency -- in the fight for equality. Now includes Justice Kennedy!
Is Africa over Obama?
Erin Conway-Smith
Africans embraced him in 2009, but the president will face more criticism during his second trip to the continent
Watch: Prop 8 plaintiffs get surprise call from president
Katie McDonough
The two couples behind the Supreme Court challenge received a spontaneous call from Obama -- live on TV
SCOTUS to rule on gay marriage Wednesday
Mark Sherman
Issues include California's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and the federal Defense of Marriage Act
Obama on climate change: “We need to act”
Matthew Daly, Josh Lederman
The president vowed Tuesday "to put an end to the limitless dumping of carbon pollution"
Putin denies US extradition request for Snowden
Vladimir Isachenkov, Matti Huuhtanen
The Russian president says the intelligence leaker is free to travel as he pleases
SCOTUS guts Voting Rights Act
Mark Sherman
Court rules states with a history of discrimination no longer need federal approval to change voting regulations
IRS chief: Tea Party wasn’t the only group inappropriately targeted
Alan Fram
Groups selected for closer examination contained the terms "Israel," "Progressive" and "Occupy"
Berlusconi convicted in sex-for-hire trial
Associated Press
The former Italian premier has been sentenced to seven years in prison, and is barred from public office for life
Christopher Hitchens’ lies do atheism no favors
Curtis White
I'm also an atheist and believe the religious right is a problem. But so is Hitchens' intellectual dishonesty
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