Politics
October 17, 2011 -
As fear about the future grows within Alabama's immigrant community, a diverse group of activists is working to provide information and sometimes even protection to immigrants.
October 14, 2011 -
This year, state legislatures pushed a raft of bills that would make it more difficult to vote. Could those bills change the outcome of the 2012 elections?
October 12, 2011 -
A new video from Brave New Films is drawing attention to unusual health problems in an Arkansas community next to an industrial facility owned by Koch Industries, whose owners have spent millions of their vast fortune fighting environmental regulation.
October 12, 2011 -
Voters in Wake County, N.C. cast ballots yesterday in a high-profile school board race and handed a big win to Democrats and desegregation -- and a big loss to North Carolina conservative money man and school-privatization advocate Art Pope.
October 11, 2011 -
Conservative benefactor Art Pope uses his money to promote a philosophy of self-reliance. But when he needed help to run for office, he took $330,000 in loans from his parents that he never paid back.
October 11, 2011 -
Both comedian Stephen Colbert -- who's pretending to support a fake candidate, Rick Parry -- and supporters of the real Rick Perry have started nonprofit groups that can channel unlimited donations to super PACs with minimal disclosure.
October 7, 2011 -
The national buzz continues about North Carolina's GOP power broker Art Pope, with Jane Mayer's widely-circulated profile leading to high-profile coverage by Rachel Maddow,
