New book argues mandatory voting will fulfill America’s promise of democracy
Miles Rapoport and E.J. Dionne say a healthier political culture and more representative government will result when all eligible citizens vote.
Oil giants admit potential spill could have 30% chance of hitting Amazon reef
The region is home to species that don’t exist anywhere else on earth.
Firearm stocks spike after mass shootings as investors dismiss the chance of tightening gun laws
Mass shootings occur with such frequency that we can no longer implement this kind of analysis looking at the effect of isolated incidents and the stock market effect on gun companies.
Right-wing extremists are making fiction come true
Can Democrats craft a winning message off a smorgasbord of misogynist madness?
KKK prison guards convicted for conspiring to kill black inmate after release
All three former guards are guilty of conspiracy to commit murder.
Like her boss, Betsy DeVos makes a disaster all about herself
“It’s going to be a profit boom for charter schools, and it’s going to hasten the demise of traditional public schools.”
This is one of the best times in history to be an organizer
“Let us be those creative dissenters who will call our beloved nation to a higher destiny.”
The Iowa Caucus Is Today: Here Are the Shocking Differences in Rally Turnout Over...
Rally turnout for Bernie Sanders over the weekend knocked Clinton's out of the park.
3 Pesticides Are Putting Nearly All U.S. Endangered Species At Risk
"This is a huge wake-up call."
Behind bars and beyond burgers: Exposing Alabama’s prison labor exploitation
This lawsuit seeks not only to compensate those who have been exploited, but also to dismantle a system that generates an estimated $450 million annually from this coerced labor.