Politics

A Brennan Center analysis shows both Republicans and Democrats have found a new way to set up super PACs and rake in dark money, further weakening our campaign finance system.

Will political volatility be America’s downfall?

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia signaled Sunday that he would be open to reforming the archaic rule to make it "more painful" for the minority to wield as a tool of endless obstruction.

Republicans have advanced a number of arguments to defend their position. None of them hold up to scrutiny.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently approved a permit to lay a tar sands crude pipeline from Illinois to Indiana. Environmental groups are doing all they can to stop it by requesting a full National Environmental Policy Act review for Enbridge's proposal.

Even an impeachment will drag out for a long time. Here are 7 suggestions for what to do to survive in the meantime.

Five questions that weren't asked during the 2012 presidential debates and are unlikely to be asked in 2016.

As India’s agrarian crisis deepens, so too will the social unrest, which may force future elected officials to take action on the growing demands of India’s powerful rural populace.

“We’re hopeful the court will overturn this dangerous rule that puts polar bears in the crosshairs.”

There is some good news on the emissions front, and new renewable energy installations are key to it.