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A dying prisoner has been released in Louisiana after serving nearly 42 years in solitary confinement, longer than any other person in the United States.

Chemicals which have been banned in most other countries get dumped in Brazil due to lax legislation and intense lobbying from chemical companies.

California has two bills that could lead to the one of the biggest expansions of access to abortion in the US since the FDA approved the abortion pill.

Attention has focused on the country's steps towards a crowd-sourced constitution, its revolutionary internet privacy and freedom of press laws, alongside Better Reykjavu00edk.

You wouldn't know it by listening to right-wing media, but Obamacare is off to a great start, and more.

Shahzad Akbar says the State Department is delaying his visa so he won't be able to travel to a congressional hearing.

Rushing to convert older pipelines, oil companies are avoiding lengthy reviews and public scrutiny but bringing tar sands risks.

For the first time in 17 years, our government is officially shut down.

The majority of Mexicans oppose a newly introduced energy reform bill that would enable greater private investment in the energy sector, including for unconventional oil.

Poole explains how conservative activists are manufacturing the perception of a public pension crisis in order to both slash modest retiree benefits and preserve expensive corporate subsidies and tax …