Americans are more tolerant than ever of marijuana use, with a majority believing that it should be legalized and that using the drug should not be considered a “moral” issue. National sentiment is trending alongside many states, with new laws allowing medical pot or decriminalizing most marijuana use altogether being passed or prevailing in voter [...]
At least 30 states this year have considered or passed laws that would impose new voting restrictions, as the trend of curbing access to the ballot box that culminated in long lines and breakdowns at polling places during the 2012 election continues unabated. Lawmakers in states across the country, most of them Republicans, appear tone [...]
Skeletal remains of the system of federal laws that regulate political contributions could be further weakened in another landmark case three years after the historic Citizens United decision opened the gateway for record election spending and unprecedented secrecy for wealthy donors. The Supreme Court agreed last month to hear a case that challenges federal limits on [...]
Nearly four months after the most expensive election in American history reached its conclusion the record-setting race for political cash goes on for President Obama. Transforming his reelection campaign apparatus into an unprecedented political advocacy extension of the White House, the president is seeking to stock the coffers of his new group with special access [...]
Environmental activists and ordinary citizens joined in what was heralded as the largest rally against climate change in American history on Sunday, marching past the White House to send an unmistakable message to President Obama against construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Stakes are high in the fight to kill the proposed Keystone pipeline that [...]
Already a defining challenge for millions of Americans after several years of unusual and deadly weather events, climate change has taken on new prominence as a political issue thanks to President Obama’s promise in his second inaugural address that he will seek to “respond” to the “threat” posed by a warming planet. But environmentalists argue [...]
President Obama continued with the task of fleshing out his second-term cabinet on Monday, selecting two men for important national security posts that indicate a decidedly hawkish shift in his administration. The president’s decision also ushers in a potentially two-sided political fight, with conservatives and progressives each taking issue with the men nominated for defense secretary [...]
At last count, there are at least 310 million privately owned guns in the United States – almost one for every man, woman and child in the country. Three of those guns, used to horrific effect at a school in Connecticut, have a chance to instigate significant changes to the nation’s gun regulations in a [...]
After the most expensive election in American history that made “bundlers” and “super-PACs” household terms, President Obama’s second inauguration is shaping up to be a a celebration of the big money that propelled his reelection campaign as well as the failed bid of his Republican challenger. Final fundraising totals for the 2012 race overwhelmed even [...]
The scene is set for a legal showdown between the federal government, at least two states, and activist groups in the wake of the success of landmark votes to legalize marijuana in the 2012 election. And for the first time, public opinion on pot is overwhelmingly against the feds. Plenty of coverage was generated after [...]
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