News Analysis

Greg Palast: Far more insidious than Chris Christie playing traffic warden is the story of his secret meetings with a gaggle of billionaires - and the legality of campaign …

Michael Winship: The FCC has a long, sad track record of spinning pro-industry positions to make them sound good and good for you.

Nick Turse: Since September 11, 2001, US Special Operations forces have grown in every conceivable way, from their numbers to their budget.

Language in boilerplate contracts and the advice of advisers with conflicts of interest often serve to favor privatization of public services, such as highway construction, which can cost taxpayers …

We can save capitalism or save human civilization. There is no possible future that contains both.

There may be no bigger headache for the team owner Dan Snyder than the matter of his franchise's name: the Redskins. It's offensive, and a growing number of activists …

When Delhi state's November elections brought the new anticorruption Aam Admi Party to power, calculations about India's upcoming national elections were upset, and a previously narrow field suddenly widened.

Some argue that the inadequate early government response to the AIDS epidemic - including diagnostic, treatment, funding and research failures - is being repeated with Lyme disease, affecting hundreds …

The hidden ball in the debate over the NSA's collection of phone and e-mail metadata is that the NSA actually prefers the metadata approach because it strips away privacy …

Progressives should make clear the political and moral imperative of committing the resources of democratic government to achieving a just and equitable economy.