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The Supreme Court ruled that the EPA has the authority to regulate emissions from fossil-fuel burning power plants that drift across state lines, to states that may not share …

An elite scientific panel noted with alarm that the U.S. penal population of 2.2 million adults is by far the largest in the world.

The free trade agreement between the US and Colombia has produced a significant trade surplus for the US, but a plan to protect Colombians has been totally ignored.

In a recent hearing on dark money, some very smart people shared their thoughts about big money's corrupting influence on our democracy, and what might be done to limit …

In Brazil, April 19 is “the Day of the Indian,” a commemoration imposed by whites. But the indigenous Guaranu00ed people have nothing to celebrate.

Voluntary part-time employment has been rising, which is a predictable effect of the Affordable Care Act.

In the fight between monopolies, the public doesn't really have a dog in the race; the real question is why a cartel of private monopolies are controlling the Internet?

An Oklahoma death row prisoner has died of a heart attack after a botched execution Tuesday night.

ALEC has been exposed as the secretive powerhouse behind voter ID laws and other right-wing initiatives across the country.

Families for Justice has grown into an increasingly powerful force for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women to shape the laws and policies that affect them most.