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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio insisted “We don’t need a new idea. The idea is America and it still works.” Read More

The former secretary of state's public declaration supporting gay marriage on Monday put Hillary Clinton in line with other potential Democratic candidates. Think Clinton will run? Take our poll! Read More

A long-time supporter of civil unions between same-sex couples, Hillary Clinton came out in full public support of marriage equality. In a video, she argued LGBT Americans “deserve the rights of citizenship." Read More

The RNC’s “Growth and Opportunity Project”—a self-assessment of the GOP’s 2012 performance, released Monday—diagnoses the party with a dire messaging problem. But the surprising news from the Republican report? It supports comprehensive immigration reform. Read More

Fifty-eight percent of registered American voters agree with marriage equality and believe same-sex marriage should be legal, according to a new poll. Read More

Republican senators wasted no time in voicing their opposition to President Obama's pick to head the Labor Department, as Rush Limbaugh invoked comparisons to the KKK. Read More

Children who are physically active and well-nourished have better memory and perform more efficiently on standardized exams than students who do not follow a balanced diet. Read More

53% of Americans think the war in Iraq was a mistake. Ten years out, what is the legacy of the "shock and awe" war? Read More

Right-wing zingers were plentiful at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). View some of the highlights here. Read More

Tom Perez, President Obama's nominee to head the U.S. Department of Labor, has received a warm welcome from alternative labor organizations. Read More

If the Supreme Court rules in favor of an Arizona law, other states could take it as a mandate to impose new voter ID requirements. Read More

Republican House Speaker John Boehner said he doesn’t think his opinion about same-sex marriage will ever change. Read More

The American public doesn't yet have the full story of the decisions, actions--and motives--that led to the war in Iraq. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion, there are cautionary lessons for the Obama White House. "Hubris: The Selling of the Iraq War" airs Friday, 9 p.m. ET on MSNBC. Read More

Father Alberto Cutié was a priest in the Roman Catholic Church for years before he confronted an internal struggle that made him leave. He fell in love. Read More

Iraqis face enormous challenges as they try to rebuild a nation decimated by decades of conflict and trauma. Has the reconstruction failed? Read More

"There was a determination to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein from the moment that 9/11 took place." Read More

Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, will serve at a juvenile detention facility for a minimum of one year, but can be held up until they turn 21. Read More

The straw poll, which was first conducted in 1976, is the most watched event at CPAC and can help predict who the GOP presidential nominee will be. Read More

In her guest Open Letter, theGrio managing editor Joy Reid offered some thoughts on RNC chairman Reince Priebus' "African American listening tour." Read More

Why does protecting African American communities always seem to require members of those communities to surrender their civil rights? Read More