News Analysis

UN civil society representatives won a significant victory in obtaining an international commission of inquiry into the genocide of the Tamils in Sri Lanka

South Carolina is a high-poverty state with a racially diverse population. And, like many comparable states across the Deep South, SC is a right to work state.

The FCC is about to release proposed regulations that would allow broadband providers to charge additional fees to content providers in exchange for access to a faster tier of …

Given the very clear and straightforward language of the state Constitution, this seems to have been a very easy case. Republicans, however, are reportedly preparing to appeal the ruling.

There's suddenly a reason to be cautiously optimistic amidst the TransPacific Partnership deal.

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to be able to demonstrate the link between inequality and catastrophic environmental change. But a little help from rocket scientists can …

Karen J. Greenberg explores the shameful tale of why, a decade later, the Abu Ghraib affair remains without an end.

With the rapid concentration of wealth in a few well-manicured hands and the right-wing US Supreme Court declaring money to be speech, the US surge toward oligarchy has gained …

A recent ‘People’ magazine cover sparks consideration of the hiding-in-plain-sight but never-discussed racism that characterizes the United States and the ways US media subtly sustain that racism.

San Francisco is experiencing a wave of unprecedented hyper-gentrification and urban removal.