Last summer the federal government announced that there were more than 2.1 million people in prisons in the United States - nearly twice as many as were imprisoned just 10 years ago. In fact, while the...

Last week, The Minnesota Daily did a two-part series on Mount Graham. In Wednesday's article "Telescope sits high as cultural divide runs deep," the end of the article highlights problems at home in San...

The Czech Republic, along with eight other former communist countries in central and Eastern Europe, will enter the European Union - a political and judicial union as well as a free-trade zone - in less...

Ah, spring is in the air. The Twins are back at work, something like 10 percent of those eligible actually voted in student elections, classroom attendance is plummeting as the thermometer rises and there...

With little fanfare or publicity, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear two cases during the next week that pose historic challenges to the breadth and extent of executive power within the federal government. The...

If there were a three-strikes law against ignoring science in public policy making, the Bush administration would have several free passes to prison. But unfortunately, there is no such law, and President...