How about this: Your state can legalize "breathing while undocumented" if my state can legalize "breathing while uninsured."

Recent court decisions in India endanger drug investment.

The Voting Rights Act has become a period piece that today serves to keep most black legislators clustered on the sidelines of American politics--precisely the opposite of what its framers intended.

Abigail Thernstrom will discuss the 1965 Voting Rights Act and her book, "Voting Rights--and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections."

The Voting Rights Act has become a period piece that today serves to keep most black legislators clustered on the sidelines of American politics--precisely the opposite of what its framers intended.

The end of the year is a time to look back at what political predictions were right and when they were off the mark.

The Supreme Court has just agreed to take on the case of Fisher v. University of Texas. Abigail Fisher, a white woman, argues that she has been a victim of the university's race-conscious admission policies; the university contends that its drive for racial and ethnic diversity is educationally enriching -- a benefit to all students.