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The VA Brush-Off

The Department of Veterans Affairs routinely delays disability claims by wounded soldiers for months and years, often shunting them into homelessness. But there's a simple way for the government to get disabled veterans the help they deserve. It can trust them.

Aaron Glantz

It May Be Harder to Vote in Swing States

With fewer than two weeks before Election Day, lawyers for both parties are in the courtroom sparring over voting rights.

David Rosenfeld

Alaska: Land of Contradictions

The politics of the Last Frontier are a strange brew of libertarianism, moralism, privacy and a love of government handouts.

Lee Drutman

Update: Ohio Removes Vote Caging Possibility

Ohio directive issued Friday says 60-day notice can't be used to challenge voters.

David Rosenfeld

Reducing Carbon One Garbage Can at a Time

With a clear cash incentive to reduce garbage, the 'one-can' concept gains ground.

Joan Melcher

The Grass Floodwall: Gustav Highlights Need for Wetlands

Mother Nature needs to be allowed to protect New Orleans from ... Mother Nature.

David Richardson

Forecasting the Unknowable Future of Business

Corruption and terrorism pockmark the road ahead for international business, according to a respected global survey.

Barbara Hesselgrave

Whistleblower Details Ohio Voting Red Flags

Miller-McCune.com in May identified Ohio as one of five battleground states that have performed poorly in terms of…

David Rosenfeld

Environment Becomes Heredity

Advances in the field of epigenetics show that environmental contaminants can turn genes "on" and "off" triggering serious diseases that are handed down through generations. But there's also a more heartening prospect: The same diseases may be treated by relatively simple changes in nourishment and lifestyle.

Valerie Brown

Broadening ‘Diversity’ at Universities

Part III of a three-part series: The affirmative action of tomorrow might focus more on class and other proxies for hardship and less on race.

Tom Jacobs