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Foreign Policy - The 2012 Failed States Index

Interactive map and rankings of the world's most and least stable countries.

Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of recent cover article in The Atlantic, "Why Women Still Can't Have it All", has landed a book deal, according to the

The New York Times recently made a less than half-hearted attempt to summarize the similarities between President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican Party nominee, Mitt Romney. As New York Magazine reports, the Times wasn't able to do much better than: They both like Star Trek, Modern Family, and Chicken.

Even though it was Bastille Day in Burlington, VT on Monday, there were no mobs storming the prisons that symbolize state injustice, instead the streets instead were filled with Woody Guthrie songs and protests against a bank that symbolizes state injustice.

With over 40% of Americans self-identifying as "independents" and congressional approval ratings hovering around 10%, there is no doubt that the electorate is unhappy with the state of our "two-party system."  In a recent survey, an astonishing 80% of voters from all across the map replied that that they would vote independent or thir

In deciding Citizens United the Supreme Court intended to allow unprecedented spending along with unprecedented transparency. The Court held that corporations had the right to speak via campaign donations. Yesterday a DISCLOSE Act filibuster led by the GOP left voters in the dark.