Politics

January 21, 2011 - Date on which the U.S. Supreme Court issued the landmark Citizens United decision by a 5-4 vote, ending the prohibition on corporate spending in elections and allowing certain anonymous contributions: 1/21/2010 Amount of spending by outside groups in the 2010 U.S. mid-term elections: $294.2 million

January 20, 2011 - NOTE: Welcome to those of you who ran across this story through Atlantic Wire, National Journal and

January 19, 2011 - If anyone needed evidence that the Great Recession is still reverberating through the economy, consider the situation state legislatures face as they come into session this month.

January 19, 2011 - The new head of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform recently invited companies and industry groups to submit a list of regulations they'd like to see scrapped. The responses have been coming in -- but the American public isn't allowed to see them yet.

January 14, 2011 - OCTOBER 2010 - PRESENT | Facing South's investigative series looks at North Carolina's most influential benefactor for Republicans and conservative groups -- and his growing national power.

January 13, 2011 - The constitutional amendment that guarantees citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born in the United States and under its jurisdiction: 14th

January 12, 2011 - The Deepwater Horizon disaster was the result of mistakes that call into question the entire oil industry's safety culture and demand better regulation.