This issue of Political Report covers the Democratic contest, economic concerns, Catholicism, and more.

President Obama has missed an opportunity to live up to his promise to take the nation beyond the old battle lines over race.

Forty years after the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama has once again led America to search its soul.

The Blagojevich scandal is an unwanted distraction for the Obama team.

Can there be such a thing as too much privacy from snoopers who want to know how much you earn and how much you owe?

It is hoped that President Obama's misadventures in foreign and security policy are due to inexperience and naiveté,and that he can learn from mistakes made in his first year in office to improve his foreign policy going forward.

Any serious discussion of race must address out-of-wedlock births.

American voters have turned a racial corner, and the law should reflect this change.