Politics

Sen. Elizabeth Warren asserted that Equifax could not be trusted while urging Congress to pass legislation imposing massive, mandatory penalties for security breaches from credit reporting agencies.

This April, the Democracy Awakening and Democracy Spring are bring together a diverse coalition of labor, business, environmentalists, public interest advocates, media and issue-specific constituencies, along with you, me and thousands of mavericks.

The timing of a new appointment to the Court could hardly be more dramatic in what has already been proven to be an historically dramatic election year.

The president apparently wants to put the U.S. on a permanent war footing to sustain his unpopular presidency.

In this environment, the Obama administration’s pushing of the TPP is recklessly irresponsible politics that send us nose down into the eye of the maelstrom.

By mislabelling the radical members of the Republican Party "conservative," the mainstream media gives them a veneer of respectability.

Help us tell the EPA to keep the Renewable Fuel Standard and keep the United States moving away from dependence on foreign oil.

Our democracy’s Founding Fathers did not want a privileged aristocracy. Yet that’s the direction we’re going in. The tax on inherited wealth is one of the major bulwarks against it. That tax should be increased and strengthened.

This year, national liberal groups are pushing ballot measures to tackle issues, such as gun control, marijuana legalization and increasing the minimum wage, that prove popular in polls but that politicians have generally avoided.

lifting these financial burdens would help individual debt holders meet daily needs, reduce the racial wealth gap, and give a boost to the national economy.