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In 1972 the Republican platform had called for gun control to restrict the sale of “cheap handguns.” In 1980, the Republican platform opposed the federal registration of firearms, and the NRA endorsed a presidential candidate—Reagan—for the first time.

When it comes to student debt relief, the court’s conservative justices appear willing to accept dubious standing claims to force more debt onto millions of Americans.

Entire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon

Sudan is in yet another civil war. Can it put military rule behind it once and for all?

The first film to fully explore the 1937 tragedy in Chicago, when police shot and killed ten pro-labor marchers--and the shocking film cover-up that followed.

The Court has spent the last several years claiming the other two branches’ powers for itself.

The HALT Act was passed to end long-term solitary confinement. Enforcing it is a whole new struggle.

Shonda Rhimes’s new show imagines an interracial romance that remakes Regency England. That sure didn’t happen.

Members of Congress have taken note of Apple's actions at unionizing stores, and have officially addressed the allegations that the company is chronically preventing its retail staff from organizing at multiple locations.

The government’s least democratic branches are incompetent and corrupt because they are unaccountable. James Madison would not be surprised…