State of the Union 2013

The Annotated 2013 State of the Union

Helpful, Harmful, or Hype? 5 Economists Weigh In on Obama's Minimum-Wage Proposal

Obama's Minimum-Wage Gamble

Who Might Get a Raise If Obama Boosts the Minimum Wage?

Obama's State of the Union: What America Heard

The Economics Behind Obama's Unapologetically Liberal Second-Term Agenda

Is Marco Rubio Capable of More Than Bromides?

Marco Rubio Reaches for the Water Bottle; Parents of Slain Teen Sit Stoic

Obama Cries Out for Climate-Change Solutions, but What Happens Now?

Obama's Agenda: Incremental Progress, not Sweeping Initiatives

Obama's 2013 State of the Union Speech: Full Text

Marco Rubio's Rebuttal to Obama: The Advance Excerpts

Obama's 2013 State of the Union: Live News and Analysis

Obama's SOTU Speech: The Advance Excerpts

Why the State of the Union Is So Long—and Why No One Can Fix It

The Most Important Chart About the Deficit You'll Ever See

The Art of Infinite War

North Korea's Nuclear Test: Taunting Obama on the Eve of His SOTU Speech

The State of the Law, 2013 Edition

Who Is Cody Keenan, Obama's SOTU Speechwriter?

He's posed as a pirate and toiled on the funerals beat. Now he's taking over the task of writing the president's major addresses.

State of the Union: What Do You Want Obama to Say?

The Mystery of the Incredible Shrinking American Worker

Great Teachers Can't Save America's Schools

In last year's State of the Union address, the president placed too much importance on individual educators. This year, he should talk about a far deeper problem.

MSNBC Host: Trusting Obama More Than Bush Isn't Hypocritical

Liberal Arts Majors Didn't Kill the Economy

Too much demand for liberal arts didn't kill the job market. Too little aggregate demand did.

'Trust Us' Won't Do: How to Hold Obama Accountable for Drone Strikes

Why Immigration-Reform Advocates Feel Good About Their Chances