News Analysis

Hillary Clinton's talk about expanding the Medicare program to people in their 50s sounds like a step toward Medicare for all, but it isn't.

Paying the government's debts by just issuing the money is as American as apple pie — if you go back far enough.

There are ways in which a diversity agenda aligns with neoliberal politics.

At long last chemical manufacturers have begun removing the endocrine-disrupting plastic bisphenol-A (BPA) from products they sell.

Coal's share of the US energy market is rapidly plunging.

The GOP may have a “win” on their battle against Obamacare, but it seems unlikely to be a lasting one.

Some Christian evangelical leaders have vehemently opposed Donald Trump. After the GOP primaries, that could change.

Members of Congress are trying to lower Puerto Rico's minimum wage — and say they're “stabilizing” the island's economy.

The United Nations reported more people are displaced by conflict than at any time since 1945.

Increasing numbers of police departments are wielding technology to empower themselves rather than the communities they protect and serve.