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POLITIFACT, December 16, 2011 -- During the Dec. 15, 2011, Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa, Rep. Michele Bachmann made a claim that jolted us out of our seats. "After the debates

HUFFINGTON POST, December 16, 2011 -- Famed musician, composer and Pulitzer Prize winner Wynton Marsalis was named CBS News cultural correspondent on Thursday. The network announced that Marsalis w

NEW YORK TIMES, December 14, 2011 — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday entered the turbulent political waters of voting rights, signaling that the Justice Department would be aggressive in

THINK PROGRESS, December 14, 2011 -- The backlash against the home improvement giant Lowe’s is intensifying after the company pulled its ads from TLC’s show All-American Muslim at the behest of the ri

HUFFINGTON POST, December 14, 2011 -- On Tuesday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart took a break from his Indecision 2012 coverage to come to the defense of one of TLC's most controversial new shows, "

HUFFINGTON POST, December 13, 2011 -- Al Sharpton responded to "Saturday Night Live's" epic parody of his MSNBC show "PoliticsNation," on Monday. Sharpton seemed to take the spoof in stride, by rep

NEW YORK TIMES, December 12, 2011 — The results are now public from the 2011 federal testing program known as NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress. And once again, schools on the nati

December 12, 2011 -- Michelle Obama is now a world record holder. The first lady announced in an email Monday that her October bid to break the record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-h

THINK PROGRESS December 9, 2011 -- Yesterday, Republicans again shot down an extension of a payroll tax break for middle-class families due to their objection to a 1.9 percent tax increase on the top

THINK PROGRESS, December 7, 2011 -- Yesterday, Senate Republicans voted nearly unanimously to block Caitlan Halligan’s nomination to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Only Sen.

TALKING POINTS MEMO, December 9, 2011 -- As the U.S. government and governments in Europe respond to the global economic slump with conservative austerity measures, it’s easy to forget that the overwh

Rainn Wilson's SoulPancake project has grown from a Web site dedicated to making people think and ask life's big questions, to a book and now a series of vignettes on the Oprah Winfrey Network's "Supe

POLITIFACT, December 9, 2011 -- Billions of dollars began pumping through the American economy in 2009 as part of the stimulus program started by President Barack Obama, but somehow Gov. Chris Christi

THINK PROGRESS, December 7, 2011 -- When Wisconsin citizens go to the polls next year, they will be asked to provide photo identification for the first time in the state’s history. If they don’t have

LA TIMES, December 3, 2011 -- Shortly after Mitt Romney resigned from Bain Capital in 1999 to run the Olympics in Salt Lake City, potential investors received a prospectus touting the extraordinary pr

SNL, December 3, 2011 -- While Herman Cain has suspended his campaign for president amidst continued allegations of sexual misconduct and embarrassing gaffes, we hope that doesn't mean the last of Ken

THINK PROGRESS, December 4, 2011 -- 2012 GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has been pinning his campaign to his economic record, claiming that his time as an investment executive gives him the nece

POLITICS NATION, December 2, 2011 -- Rev. Al Sharpton nails Newt gingerich for his incendiary and false comments on poor children--that they have no habits of working because they do not see people ar

POLITIFACT, October 13, 2011 -- As President Barack Obama toured Virginia last week touting his jobs plan, Republicans countered that his previous effort -- the stimulus -- did not create a single job

HUFFINGTON POST, December 2, 2011 -- As Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain was fighting off allegations of a 13-year affair this week, fellow candidate Mitt Romney found himself defending his

THINK PROGRESS, December 2, 2011 -- The lead pastor at the Kentucky church that banned interracial couples from becoming members or participating in certain worship activities now expects that ban to

HUFFINGTON POST, November 26, 2011 — President Barack Obama has pitched in to help small businesses get into the holiday shopping season. The president took his daughters, Malia and Sasha, along on

HUFFINGTON POST, November 23, 2011 -- Al Sharpton has released quite the ad for MSNBC's "Lean Forward" campaign. The commercial spots have a distinct style. They feature network hosts like Rachel M