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The so-called "papers, please" law is an apt title because the law will require any person who is “lawfully” stopped, detained, or arrested to prove his status,

New insights on how those who oppress those in the LGBT community may be gay or lesbian themselves.

Slow compact car sales confirm that Americans prefer gas guzzlers.

Invisalign takes advantage of people who stress out too much about their looks. The problem? It simply does not work.

In the coming years, we will experience a massive, earth-shattering shift in the world order, and while all common sense points to it, we have refused to admit it to ourselves.

Five proposals that could solve America's debt issue.

How do you accept your White privilege? What do you do about the knowledge? The guilt?

The latest images of U.S. troops defiling Taliban bodies is a clear indication of a breakdown in military leadership that falls on the shoulders of the noncommissioned officer class.

Roughly 90 percent of Secret Service agents are male. But will the recent prostitution scandal change that?

Why is Hilary Rosen being skewered from both the left and the right for stating the truth, that it is more difficult to work a paying job in addition to carrying out domestic duties?

As the KONY 2012 documentary goes viral, a look at who is behind the campaign and what it's all about.

Thousands of current and future veterans will miss out on a college education because the post 9/11 GI Bill is woefully outdated.

Adderall use by college students looking to boost their grades is nothing more than a harmless pill that aids the under-motivated college experience.

The recent move toward privatization by using alternative sources to fund public higher education, such as tuition and private endowments, is the wrong step in finding a permanent solution.

When a quarter of a million teachers nationwide face lay-off and academic programs are on the block, extracurricular sports programs should go first.

The neocons are making a comeback, and with Iran as a target, the consequences could spell disaster.

The poor and middle class have benefited more from tax cuts over the past 30 years than their wealthy counterparts.

Why do women contribute less often than men to public websites’ editing and comments sections?

The idea that government spending can “make up for” a slow-down in private economic activity has long been discredited by history.

As long as Democrats are in power, meaningful entitlement reform will never get addressed, and as long as Republicans are in power, meaningful tax reform will never be tackled.

A new WSJ/NBC poll found that over three-quarter of Americans echo the Occupy movement's sentiment of income inequality. This could present an opportunity for Democrats in 2012.

The best way Washington can honor our veterans is to fully withdraw from Iraq and focus on creating jobs.

One-third of veterans say they don't think the Iraq War was worth fighting for. American leaders could have done more to "win" this war for our veterans.

We need to sustain public awareness of the transformative potential of the GI Bill for veterans.

IAVA's Paul Rieckhoff reflects on Iraq and Afghanistan veterans 12.1% unemployment rate, and what his organization is doing to fix it.

NWVU represents more than 1,840,380 women veterans and specializes on women veteran issues of homelessness, Military Sexual Trauma, and PTSD.

A new congressional plan cutting veterans' health benefits to reduce our debt violates the fundamental commitment that our government makes to service members.

Government should end its college loans and subsidies programs, which encourage debt. Instead, a free market system where people attended more trade schools would fix education debt problems.

Weigh in: Does the hit weight loss show promote the right approach to combat America's obesity problem?

Saving — not building debt — is the true method for economic development. Saving money should not be demonized as "hoarding."

At 4:30 EST, students from more than 90 colleges walked out of class in a national student protest in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.