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San Diego futurist and science fiction novelist David Brin sees the 2012 election as a debate over how to preserve the American middle class.

The GOP proposal has been rejected by The White House. Senate Democrats have also proposed an alternative.

Voters don't give much thought to who runs their state department of insurance. And in many places no one can name the person holding this office. But as key provisions of the new federal health law begin to take effect, insurance commissioners will become paramount.

Through the Public Insight Network, two Latino voters share how candidates connect with them and how they are being turned off.

Local, state and federal experts will field questions from the public tonight during a town hall meeting thrown to discuss the disposal of a massive cache of explosives found earlier this month at a home in an unincorporated section of Escondido.

Sempra is dealing with a legal challenge that threatens to shut down the San Diego-based company's facility near Ensenada.

Bob Moses is 78, but he has the same probing eyes you see behind thick black glasses in photos from 50 years ago when he worked as a civil rights activist in Mississippi. The son of a janitor, Moses was born and raised in Harlem. He's a Harvard-trained philosopher and a veteran teacher.

Right now, children are central to campaigns on gun control, immigration and same-sex marriage — demonstrating their effectiveness as political messengers. Politicians know that on almost any issue, kids can make an argument more compelling.

A federal agency requires the Navy to protect marine mammals during sonar and explosives training off the West Coast. But an environmental group thinks more protections are needed.

Maryland is about to become the 18th state to abolish the death penalty.