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Meet The Supreme CourtChanges in the Supreme Court are rare -- perhaps not as rare as changes in popes or monarchs -- but rarer than any other event in our democracy.
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The path to citizenship is an often expensive process involving lots of forms and one big test about U.S. history, government and politics. view »
In 1965, the South was transformed by a bloody confrontation in Selma, where black civil rights marchers challenged Alabama's white political authority. Gil Klein examines the reverberations of those acts 40 years ago. view »
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision in Brown v. Board of Education that ultimately would desegregate public schools in the United States. view »
Slideshow: N.C. Native Tilley guards Tomb of the Unknown SoldierNorth Carolinian John Tilley can be seen fulfilling his military obligation marching in ever so precise ways, donning impeccably constructed dress blues while guarding the fabled Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. view »
Subsidies Encourage Unhealthy Eating
More health researchers say federal subsidies for soybeans and corn worsen the nation's obesity problem, especially in low-income communities. view »
Protecting Southern Agriculture Jobs With Immigration Reform
Growers say that as the federal government clamps down on illegal border crossings, their labor supply is disappearing. view »
The nonprofit group Segs4Vets is improving the mobility of veterans wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan by providing them with Segways.
In the small, mostly white working-class towns that dot North Carolina Bill Clinton still gets greeted like a rock star when he stumps on behalf of his wife.
An army of volunteers for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are hit the streets this weekend.
Floridians converge on the Democratic national Committee Headquarters in Washington, demanding that the results of the state's Jan. 29 primary be counted.
Wright, speaking at a conference of black religious leaders in Washington said the recent media coverage of him and his past sermons amount to an “attack on the black church."
Alice McKeown of the Sierra Club and Joe Lucas of Americans for Balanced Energy Choices talk about the growing number of new coal-fired power plant proposals and whether "clean coal" power plants are an empty promise from the energy industry.
When it's too difficult to access coal using traditional methods, coal companies turn to mountain top removal mining, a process that dramatically changes the landscape. According to activists, it also causes damage far beyond the area that is mined.http://www.mgwashington.com/images/uploads/user_photos/mt_top_removal_mine.jpg
When it's too difficult to access coal using traditional methods, coal companies turn to mountain top removal mining, a process that dramatically changes the landscape. According to activists, it also causes damage far beyond the area that is mined.http://www.mgwashington.com/images/uploads/user_photos/mt_top_removal_mine.jpg
Hundreds of Virginians joined more than 45,000 people to celebrate Mass with Pope Benedict XVI, his first public prayer service of the pontiff's U.S. trip.
Pope Benedict XVI addressed Americans for his first time from the White House lawn this morning, calling on U.S. Catholics to act "even more responsibly" and the international community to resolve conflicts through diplomacy.
The group Veterans for Freedom staged a rally on Capitol Hill Tuesday before Gen. David Petraeus testified before Congress about progress in Iraq.
Sen. John McCain returned to his high school alma mater Tuesday to reintroduce himself to voters while his Democratic rivals are still slugging it out.
Virginia Attorney General Robert McDonnell, in his first day as the Republican candidate for governor, offered no details on the state's transporttion woes and avoided any campaign rhetoric in addressing a group of parents at an Internet safety forum in Northern Virginia.
Barack Obama answers questions and explains why he thinks he has a better chance of beating John McCain in November.
Just days before the Virginia primary, Sen. Hillary Clinton makes a campaign stop at a high school in Arlington/