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In his new book, Matt Taibbi explains how two of the most troubling trends in the United States are interwoven: economic inequality and mass incarceration. Wealth can merit an …

A new study confirms that wealthy individuals and business interests control US politics. Citizen movements need to use more powerful, effective forms of nonviolent and political action in order …

When dissent is suppressed, criminalized or considered an act of “sedition,” conformity, docility, servitude and totalitarian rule will not be far behind.

China's insatiable thirst for energy as it continues along its course toward international hegemony is having a profound effect on the countries that surround it.

The law's passage is thanks to sustained pressure from the families of shooting victims.

A conservative nonprofit that recently sued the Internal Revenue Service is one of the “dark money” groups pouring anonymous funds into elections since the Citizens United ruling.

Young people are at the forefront of environmental and social justice action.

The Supreme Court ruled that the EPA has the authority to regulate emissions from fossil-fuel burning power plants that drift across state lines, to states that may not share …

An elite scientific panel noted with alarm that the U.S. penal population of 2.2 million adults is by far the largest in the world.

The proposed independence for Scotland will bring about a win-win situation: a win for Scottish citizens and a win for English citizens, with increases in democratic accountability on either …