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Congressman Tom Price (R-GA), who represents the “happiest district in the nation” according to a recent study, expressed his regrets that his district “is not happy about what’s going on here in Washington right now.”

In Joseph B. White’s article “How Detroit’s Automakers Went from Kings of the Road to Roadkill,” White explains five factors that contributed to the fall of Detroit’s big three, General Motors (GM), Chrysler and Ford.

By some estimates, President Obama may have the opportunity to nominate one-third of federal appellate judges in his first term alone.

Economist Paul Krugman explains one of today’s more pressing social and economic concerns—a growing income inequality—through his understanding of the Great Depression and the culture and politics it produced.

The only other event in our nation’s history to which policymakers and pundits have found it appropriate to compare the current economic crisis is the Great Depression.

When President Obama’s economic stimulus bill was signed into law, it included $1.1 billion for “comparative-effectiveness research.”

With GM, Chrysler and Ford reporting losses because of the economic downturn and consumers not willing to buy, the future of the big three is questionable.

The number of Hispanics enrolled in college rose 15% between 2006 and 2007. Hispanics accounted for 11.5% of the overall college student population in 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and United Nations ambassador Susan Rice have implied that direct talks with Iran are a priority.

Mexico has a major export that never gets discussed in free-trade agreements.

Harvard University’s 2008 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics was not about the press, and it was only about politics generally. It was about race.

With President Obama’s budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2010 moving forward, academics are lining up to suggest areas in higher education which could get more funding.