Politics

"The trend lines showing the demise of coal shouldn't come as a shock to anyone, including those in the Trump administration and coal industry executives."

Republican legislators worked throughout Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning to pass a sweeping package of lame-duck bills to give power to the Republican-controlled Legislature before Republican Governor Scott Walker leaves office in January.

Crowding the inside of the capitol building with chants of "Respect our vote!," protesters rally outside to denounce the Republicans' last-ditch power grab.

For the first time in recent memory, there is a growing clarion call for a response that goes beyond the limits imposed by our economic system.

Welcome to the struggle for the country’s soul. We haven’t seen anything yet.

Whether or not Hillary Clinton runs for president again, Clintonism is a political blight with huge staying power.

We have words for those who elevate internal, non-logical feelings over mind – contrary to what that vast conspiracy of humanity calls consensual knowledge: delusional, hustlers, deceivers, crack pots or people of bad faith.

The Koch network may be changing its face and money flow, but it appears to be still just as powerful as ever.

Bernie Sanders discusses his efforts to pass a Green New Deal, raise the minimum wage and protect Social Security.

No matter how deeply flawed such geopolitical visions may ultimately prove to be, their brief moments as official policy have regularly shaped the destiny of nations and of empires in unpredictable, unplanned, and often dangerous ways.