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Minecraft SuperCraft Bro's: Episode 1

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2013 — Today we take a look at SuperCraft Bro’s on sethblings server for 1.5.2. This is a minecraft version of Super Smash Bro’s and in this mini game I and 3 other competitors...

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Supreme Court stops use of key part of Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court on Tuesday freed states from special federal oversight under the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, saying the data Congress used to identify the states was outdated and unfair. The...

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NSA: IRS, NSA, AP, Benghazi scandals are balls under cups - changing

Related Columns NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 12, 2013 — With the storm clouds of the NSA scandal suspended above Washington and the NSA’s secretive house of cards falling to the ground, the White House and...

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Roberts to Congress: We warned you about voting rights

By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated a formula established by Congress to determine which states and localities, mostly in the South, must "pre-clear" changes in their election...

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>A look at 48 years of the Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON (AP) — The voting law that became a major turning point in black Americans' struggle for equal rights and political power is now outdated, the Supreme Court says. Whether that's a marker of...

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Voting Rights Act Ruling Prompts Action By States

ATLANTA -- Across the South, Republicans are working to take advantage of a new political landscape after a divided U.S. Supreme Court freed all or part of 15 states, many of them in the old...

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A look at 48 years of the Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON The voting law that became a major turning point in black Americans' struggle for equal rights and political power is now outdated, the Supreme Court says. Whether that's a marker of racial...

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Supreme Court strikes DOMA, Prop 8: marriage equality not reality yet

SAN DIEGO, June 25, 2013 – In two highly anticipated rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in a 5 to 4 decision, calling it unconstitutional as a...

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Visiting Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

Video: Related Columns CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – It’s summertime in Virginia, and daytrips, long weekends, and short-hop vacations seem like a better and better idea. One very good short hop is a trip...

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Minecraft Mini Game: SuperCraft Bro’s

WASHINGTON, June 17, 2013 - Today we take a look at SuperCraft Bro’s on sethblings server for 1.5.2. This is a minecraft version of Super Smash Bro’s, and in this mini game three other competitors and...

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Editorial: The Supreme Court's giant leap backward on voting rights

Precisely a year ago, as the nation awaited the Supreme Court’s ruling in the challenge to the Affordable Care Act, speculation centered on how much Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. cared about the...

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Conservatives, tea party not slaves to the GOP

Related Columns WASHINGTON, June 26, 2013 — Are we conservatives slaves to the Republican Party? Are the tea parties subordinate to the GOP? Every two years the Republican Party comes to conservatives...

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Obama 'deeply disappointed' with court ruling on Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON — President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and civil rights lawyers sharply criticized the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a key part of the Voting Rights Act, calling it a...

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Wimbledon 2013 TV schedule: Opening week

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2013 — The action at Wimbledon moves into high gear this week, the first official week of the championship in London at the All England Tennis and Croquet Club. Considered by many...

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Minecraft Mo'zombies Mod: 1.5.2

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2013 - In this mod it feature a whopping 15 new undead zombies to your minecraft game, each zombie is different and has its only special drops and abilities. The zombie king burns...

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Wimbledon’s final week: TV schedule of coverage

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2013 — It was the best of weeks, it was the worst of weeks, depending on whom you were rooting for at Wimbledon. No one expected the granddaddy of Grand Slams to be so wonderfully...

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Supreme Court answers Shelby, part of Voting Rights Act is out of date

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2013 — The Supreme Court ruled today that a key aspect of the landmark Voting Rights Act, section four, cannot be enforced unless Congress comes up with a new way of determining...

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Life on skates: An interview with mom and roller derby queen

TAMPA, June 15, 2013 — Today’s column is a guest piece by roller derby aficionado, Sharon Kayne, who has loved the sport since a child. By day, she’s the mom of four, a devoted wife of a Tampa police...

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Tracy Martin, Trayvon's father, scrutinized over suspicious activity

Related Columns FLORIDA, June 26, 2013 — Over the last several months, much has been heard from Tracy Martin, the father of Trayvon Martin. In February of last year, Trayvon Martin was fatally shot by...

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Frank Rich on the National Circus: Gay Marriage Triumphs, Roberts Be Damned

Every week, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich talks with contributor Eric Benson about the biggest stories in politics and culture. This week: SCOTUS defeats DOMA, the Voting Rights Act...

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