News Analysis

Until recently, scientists and environmental officials have assumed that deep layers of rock beneath the earth would safely entomb the [fracking] waste for millennia.

While cocaine production ravages countries in Central America, consumers in the US and Europe are helping developed economies grow rich from the profits.

Thom Hartmann talks the supreme court's recent decision (or lack thereof), European austerity, Fast and Furious documents scandal, and more.

Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!

How is it that no matter whom we elect as our state representatives - Democrat, Republican, or other - we most often end up with policies that privilege the …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has requested political asylum from Ecuador.

Assangeu2019s freedom now depends largely on Ecuadorian President Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado, a new breed of independent-minded leader like Venezuelan President Hugo Chu00e1vez.

There is no safe level of exposure to ionizing radiation, only legally u201callowableu201d doses. Types of ionizing radiation include gamma rays, beta and alpha particles, and X-rays emitted by …

The American dream is a myth. There is less equality of opportunity in the United States today than there is in Europe u2013 or, indeed, in any advanced industrial …

When youth who live on the streets and work in the sex trade or other informal economies are victimized or abused, often the institutions that are supposed to help …