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Joint Winners of Maddox Prize Spoke Out About Science Despite Abuse and Legal Threats
Winners of the prize are those who go above and beyond their obligation in standing up for science.
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Assigning a Cost to BP’s Gulf Oil Spill: Four Years on, Debate Continues
BP has been quick to assert estimates of the amount of oil the Deepwater Horizon spill released are wrong, but slow to offer countervailing evidence.
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Common Core Betrays the Civil Rights Movement
Common Core's promise does not correspond to its reality.
Uneven Records on Health Care for Florida’s Candidates
A close Florida governor race could be pivotal for the women in that state.
New Analysis: Outside Spending in Competitive 2014 Senate Races Shatters 2012 Records
The midterm elections have seen new highs in nonparty outside spending.
Citizen Activists Fast to Push Anti-Corruption Vote
Citizen activists from across the country are entering the final days of their water-only fast after weeks of deprivation in a bid to elevate the issue of money-in-politics corruption …
SEC Commissioner Kara Stein Fighting for Tougher Bank Sanctions, Stymies Bank of America Settlement
SEC commissioner Kara Stein has been using her post as a surprisingly effective bully pulpit to pressure the agency and other regulators into upping their game against big banks …
As Vote Nears, North Dakota Amendment Stirs Debate About More Than Abortion
Money and strategists are shaping a nationally watched campaign amid talk of in vitro fertilization and end-of-life care.
Arizona Agrees to Settlement to Improve Prison Health Care, Limit Use of Solitary Confinement
The ACLU claims that conditions in Arizona prisons caused numerous deaths and preventable injuries.
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For Moment, the World Embraces the Cuba Model – and Slaps the Empire
This week the nations of the world rebuked the United States' 54-year embargo against Cuba.