Newark, DE, USA. The strongest support for voter identification laws is among Americans with negative sentiments toward African Americans, according to a national poll.

Opinions of Democrats and liberals are most likely to depend on racial attitudes, while Republicans and conservatives overwhelmingly support voter ID laws regardless of how much racial resentment they express. Democrats and liberals with the highest resentment express more support for voter ID laws than those with the least rese

Detroit, MI, USA. The state of Michigan and Detroit, its largest city, have pledged cooperation to keep the city afloat, but neither party quite trusts the other.

The state of Michigan and the city of Detroit hammered out a consent agreement in April that was intended to function as a sort of grand bargain.

Washington, DC, USA. The number of people receiving food stamps hit a record high during the recent recession and remains high. But that has not been the case for welfare.

In some states, welfare participation rates have actually decreased over the past few years.

Van Buren, AR, USA. No one is sure how or why it happened, but courthouses are becoming more dangerous every year.

There has been a steady increase in courthouse shootings, bombings, and arson attacks over the last 40 years — 28 incidents from 1970-79, 45 from 1980-89, 67 from 1990-99 and 88 from 2000-2009. Better security is needed, but it doesn't come cheap.

Washington, DC, USA. The US Supreme Court identified immigration policy as chiefly a federal responsibility and preempted three key provisions of an Arizona law.

Monday's 5-3 decision came on Arizona’s controversial immigrant crackdown law, SB 1070, ruling that that three sections of the Arizona law were in conflict with federal authority.