In the weeks leading up to Black History Month, a report published by the conservative Manhattan Institute proclaimed a major milestone in the struggle for racial equality. The report was boldly titled “The End of the Segregated Century,” and in it professors Edward Glaeser and Jacob Vigdor make two bold assertions: first, that segregation in Read More

Even though the Catholic Church forbids the use of birth control, 98 percent of all sexually active Catholic women in the U.S. still use it. Based on the numbers, the Pope doesn’t control our sex life, but what if His Holiness controlled our health insurance Obama’s new health care law now requires employers to provide Read More

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada argues that Republicans (and some Democrats) are wrongfully targeting children in working-class Latino families, most of whom are natural born citizens of the United States. As the average Latino household earns about $21,000 a year, denying them access to the child tax credit – with average refund check Read More