On International Women's Day, Dee Dee Myers explains why empowering women is good for everyone. Read More

Sen. McCain gave the bipartisan dinner with President Obama a thumbs up. But the bigger thing to celebrate is the realization that the two parties may actually have something in common. Read More

Sources confirm that former presidential nominee Mitt Romney is back to work in the private sector, joining his eldest son's investment firm in Boston as chairman of the executive committee. Read More

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is the latest to receive the CPAC snub. But maybe that's not the worst thing, given what CPAC means--or doesn't mean--these days. Read More

The CEO of Concerned Veterans for America, Pete Hegseth, wants to call the president's bluff: if Republicans take on closing loopholes, will Obama be willing to talk about long term tax reform? Read More

Is there a silver lining to the sequester spending cuts? Former CIA analyst Melvin Goodman says the cuts to defense spending may strengthen U.S. diplomacy and leadership. Read More

50 million people in America are food insecure, and the sequester spending cuts are sure to raise that number by slashing funding for the programs like WIC and SNAP. Two filmmakers have some ideas on what we can do to help. Read More

It's nice to get some positive press. But author David Burstein's over-reaching praise of his fellow Millennials is just as inaccurate as everyone else's criticisms. The thing to know about all Millennials is that there's no such thing as 'all Millennials.' Read More

It's been decades since the days of Mad Men and a "Help Wanted" section designated male and female. But how far have women really come? Read More

First Ladies fascinate America. And the country has often seemed ambivalent about what it wants: fashionable but approachable; involved but not an official shaper of policy. Read More

As scientists prepare for the close approach of asteroid 2012 DA14, an unrelated meteor blast over Russia's Chelyabinsk region has reportedly left hundreds injured. Read More

Marco Rubio's big gulp during Tuesday night's SOTU rebuttal was a watershed moment--and also, if recent history holds up, perhaps a career-killer as well. Read More

Dr. Mahzarin Banaji has examined "mindbugs" and what kinds of mental habits inform and reinforce our biases. Read More

The asteroid 2012 DA14 is coming to an atmosphere near you on February 15th. The government says not to worry about a collision with Earth--and the government is never wrong. Right? Read More

Artist Topher Désprés managed to find an opportunity for art in the rubble of Hurricane Sandy. Read More

Rep. Adam Schiff, with bipartisan support, is taking on gun trafficking with a new bill that will hold the gun industry responsible in court for negligent practices such as straw purchasers. Read More

Now that the Super Bowl is over, all of that New Orleans hospitality may not have done much to improve the city for its locals. After $1.2 billion in improvements over 5 years, should the focus have been on infrastructure and not football? Read More

Not that we're heavy betters, but it is the Super Bowl. That time of year when people put their money where their mouth is to support their team - or favorite Beyonce hair style. Check out some tips for this year. After all, when in Rome... Read More

Serious business, with a smile. According to Washington Post, Hillary Clinton is the most-traveled secretary of state ever. Read More

Young rightwingers really do exist. The unicorns of college campuses spoke to author Amy Binder for her new book, "Becoming Right: How Campuses Shape Young Conservatives." Read More