Countdown to Tax Day: As April 15 looms, we dig a little deeper into taxes, where they come from, where they go, and what reforms to the tax code could look like.
Tax reform: Why a kinder, simpler tax code eludes Congress so far
Tax day 2013: Saving energy can save you money on taxes
What does the federal government do with your money? Take our taxes quiz.
Graphics by Rich Clabaugh/The Christian Science Monitor
Watch Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as she touches on a variety of topics at this week’s Monitor Breakfast. Learn how student hackers can help counter cyberthreats, why lawmakers want a rating system for border security, and even why Secretary Napolitano doesn’t use email!
Video from CSPAN
Gay Marriage at the Supreme Court: Tuesday and Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two gay marriage cases
Gay marriage: Prop. 8 seems a relic of different era in California
Gay marriage at the Supreme Court: What are the pivot points?
Coming out: How Sen. Rob Portman’s gay son charted his path
Graphic by Rich Clabaugh/The Christian Science Monitor
What happened to the assault weapons ban?
Cartoon by Robert Ariail
Election 2016: Has the GOP primary already begun?
Rand Paul rises, Jeb Bush jockeys: a big week for possible 2016 contenders
Is Jeb Bush the Republicans’ Hillary Clinton?
Marco Rubio for president? 14 Republicans who might run next time
Photos: (From top left) Mike Huckabee, Scott Walker, Paul Ryan, Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, Kelly Ayotte, and Jeb Bush (Photos by Associated Press)
Catch up on the Sequester: How the sequester could affect your state, your governor, or your next flight
‘Sequester’ scare tactics? White House details ‘devastating’ 50-state impact.
‘Sequester’ in US skies: Is an FAA ‘calamity’ unavoidable?
Obama looks for new allies in ‘sequester’ fight: Republican governors
Cartoon by Gary Varvel
Graphic by Rich Clabaugh/The Christian Science Monitor
Research by Andrew Averill, Clara Germani, Patrik Jonsson, and Mark Timney/The Christian Science Monitor
Read the Monitor’s special cover story on gun control from the weekly print edition: Gun control: Future hangs on misunderstood majority of gun owners
From DCDecoder:
A great interactive graphic by the Guardian team shows the decline in the reading level of presidential State of the Union addresses.
