News Analysis

Students take a break between class at Locke High School, in Los Angeles, May 14, 2010. (Photo: Michal Czerwonka / The New York Times) “Every …

The troubling case of a 15-year-old U.S. citizen’s wrongful deportation has raised alarm about what immigration agents have long known is a serious problem: increased enforcement has led to …

With patriotic fanfare, the Obama administration announced this week that it would ban new uranium mining projects around the Grand Canyon. At a ceremony at the National Geographic Society …

A foreclosed home in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo: Monica Almeida / The New York Times) An electronic database called MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has created …

The proposed Keystone XL pipeline has been publicized as a major jobs creator, but recent unemployment figures indicate that few of those jobs will go to people who live …

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. (Photo: John W. Adkisson / The New York Times) They’re like a heavy metal band. Dress them up in black, put some …

A recent New York Times article reported that rural landowners who had signed leases with gas and oil companies exchanging drilling rights on their property for royalty payments have …

(Photo: CrazySphinx) My father got a bill Saturday from Telecom USA for $68.65 for three collect calls - 3 minutes, 2 minutes and 2 minutes - on …

Long ago discredited, federally convicted criminal, Rightwing con-artist, pretend journalist, and accomplished liar James O'Keefe is pimping another secretly-taped and selectively-edited video sure to be a sensation on Fox …

Violence against women who defend human rights is growing at an alarming rate.