Dog poop and hipsters rated higher than GOP-run House
Voters surveyed also put hemorrhoids, toenail fungus, potholes, and zombies on the list of things they liked better than Congress.
Top pollster says Americans will punish Republicans for shutdown
"When all is said and done, the most telling thing that people will remember is that at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1, the Republicans shut down the government."
Government shutdown: Monumental idiocy
"Punishing federal workers and taxpayers to prove a point is a temper tantrum worthy of a four-year old, not a policy choice of a responsible political party."
The annual budget kabuki is not kabuki this year
For the past several years the winter months in Washington have been consumed in political showdowns over the federal budget.
Latino voters' relevance in mid-term elections examined
"Where do these Latinos stand on immigration reform? How do they feel on the debate over it so far? We decided to explore their views."
Mixed verdict, mixed response in Bradley Manning case
It is now up to a military judge to determine if Bradley Manning will spend the rest of his life in prison even after being acquitted of the most serious charge against him.
The root causes of undocumented immigration
The right has portrayed undocumented immigration as an "invasion" of revolutionaries and criminals, orchestrated by the Mexican government; this is nonsense.
Moral Mondays and misestimated mandates
If you haven't heard about them already, "Moral Mondays" is the name given to a new protest movement in North Carolina.
Immigration reform threatened in the House
This week, immigration reform advocates face some of their biggest hurdles ever.
Stop and Frisk: What Mayor Bloomberg really thinks
Mayor Bloomberg tried to defend his position supporting the NYPD's massive stop-and-frisk program directed against minority youth.
