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Beyond Akin: Current U.S. Law Is Failing Sexual Assault Victims
The failed Missouri candidate isn't the only one with a twisted conception of rape. Our laws about force and consent need a major revamp.
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The failed Missouri candidate isn't the only one with a twisted conception of rape. Our laws about force and consent need a major revamp.
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At Obama headquarters, a Person in the Know says a Romney victory would be one of the "most amazing political stories" of the past 100 years.
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Forget Sandy, ignore ground game. If you want to know why this election is such a nail-biter, look to this one statistic.
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Romney's performance in debate might make a difference... if the debates actually mattered.
Reuters
A cure for political polarization? New research gives some hope.
Reuters
In an era when public untruths wind up as one- or two-line bulletin on our smart phones, how do we break the cycle of lying and public forgetting?
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Or is it? A staple genre of the new media leaves us to wonder.
AP
Yes, the upcoming biography of the president goes into the details of his love life as a young man. But it really dives much deeper than that.
Reuters
What academia can teach us about politics
Comedy Central
A fearless social observer admits unease while being interviewed on the comedy talk show.
Reuters
Even when they identify as right-leaning, black voters still overwhelmingly favor the Democratic Party. Academics say there's a way forward for the GOP.
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He should have quit while he was ahead: Once a right-hand man for the governor of Illinois, John Harris now works as an electrician at night and faces jail time.
Reuters
It's a new Mitt after yesterday's win in Illinois -- and a fresh reminder for Obama's Chicago-based reelection team of the challenge ahead of them.
Reuters
Looking past today's primary, his ability to attract and sustain Republican women's votes might make or break him in the general election.
Reuters
The Windy City is more interested in sunny weather and Saint Patrick's Day than the coming primary. Can Romney get moderate Republicans enthused enough to vote?
Reuters
If the state's recent Republican voting history is predictive, Mitt may be in for a stunning primary upset in Illinois.
Reuters
Mitt Romney outspent Santorum six-to-one leading up to Super Tuesday, but he still underperformed expectations.
Chrysler Corp
Political undertones aside, the commercial's message holds true: Teamwork, community, and investing in American workers are a smart strategy.
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Like his predecessor, President Obama is leading a re-election campaign with a Democratic Party that has lost its popular appeal.
Reuters
At a lively forum in Chicago, David Axelrod, David Brooks, Rahm Emanuel, and others discuss the 2012 election, Facebook, and more.
Reuters
A centrist Chicago Democrat who made $20 million at JPMorgan Chase, he was ill-placed at the helm of a White House trending populist.
Reuters
Politics as usual in the The Windy City these days is transparent, efficient, innovative, and defying its ugly caricature.
Reuters
The president makes a needed, consumer-friendly act of defiance in appointing a new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Reuters
"He appears unable to even govern himself"
Reuters
If a New Jersey sports owner can run against Putin, maybe other owners have a shot against Obama.
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In the wake of Obama's comments on income inequality, the Labor Department means to find out
If the Republican presidential candidates fail to offer substance, it's because they're giving the public what it wants -- empty calories
OFA
From his community organizing days to the Illinois State Senate, Barack Obama has always put pragmatic deal-making above ideology
Reuters
The former Illinois governor did not testify in his first trial but chose to do so this time, often rambling and straining to claim benign interpretations of damning wiretaps
JFK Presidential Library
The 1963 recording, released by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, reveals presidential doubts about the program
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