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There are an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, and it's a number you might have heard a lot about this week from Washington lawmakers.

In popular lore -- movies, books and blogs -- criminals who go to prison don't come out reformed. They come out worse.

Bernie Sanders is an improbable politician. Independent, occasionally irascible, he came from the far left and an urban background to win elections in one of the most rural states in the country.

Bernie Sanders is an improbable politician. Independent, occasionally irascible, he came from the far left and an urban background to win elections in one of the most rural states in the country.

In the first installment of the new season of Hidden Kitchens, The Kitchen Sisters explore how Sicilians are reclaiming farmland and providing Mafia-free jobs in a region gripped by corruption.

Gov. Jerry Brown visited San Diego on Monday campaigning for Proposition 30-- a November ballot measure to deal with the state's chronic budget mess.

In 1964, Napoleon Chagnon did what few other anthropologists had ever done: He went to the Amazon to study an isolated tribe. His findings cast him out from his profession as a heretic.

In popular lore -- movies, books and blogs -- criminals who go to prison don't come out reformed. They come out worse.

In popular lore -- movies, books and blogs -- criminals who go to prison don't come out reformed. They come out worse.

Calm largely prevailed after a jury acquitted George Zimmerman Saturday night in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Law enforcement and community leaders had prepared for potential unrest, and riots had been feared for months. Slate's Dave Weigel sums up the fears: