Shortly after the sweeping bill became law, the NAACP and the Advancement Project filed suit, charging that it's racially discriminatory.

Peter Dreier says the time is right for the civil rights activist with "four strikes against him" to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

John Nichols writes that the American Legislative Exchange Council's 40th anniversary celebration attracted more attention than it may have wanted.

Nearly half a century after the landmark legislation changed our country's politics, The Nation's Ari Berman notes that voting rights are under threat once again.

Sequestration mandates made housing less affordable than ever. Congressional inaction will keep it that way.

Michael Winship speaks with the Washington Post's Matea Gold about what, if anything, can be done to break the gridlock at the FEC.

Congressman Jim McDermott described Ryan's hearing on poverty perfectly when he said: “This hearing is surreal… You are not living in the real world.”

Zaid Jilani takes a look at the Wall Street connections of two economists on President Obama's shortlist of replacements for Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve.

At a hearing called by Paul Ryan to examine the War on Poverty, the activist and nun explained that government programs help millions every year.

Senators Max Baucus and Orrin Hatch want to shield authors of toxic tax giveaways from the public view.