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Will 712 Democratic Officials Decide the 2016 Election? The Secret History of Superdelegates
Hillary Clinton began the primaries with a more than 400-delegate lead by securing support from superdelegates.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Beekeepers Lost 44 Percent of Honey Bee Colonies in 2015, and More
In today's On the News segment: US beekeepers lost 44 percent of honey bee colonies in 2015; microplastics might be contaminating the air we breathe; an atmospheric measuring station …
Noam Chomsky on Trump’s Climate Denialism: He Wants Us to March Toward the Destruction of the Species
“This is a really astonishing moment in human history,” Chomsky said.
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Meet the Ayn Rand Enthusiast Whose Private College Empire Reaps a Fortune From the Government
Carl Barney says Rand gave him his “central purpose.”
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To Leave the Future Open: On the False “Choices” of Election 2016
My reasons for not voting for Clinton are not rooted in an uncritical, magic-inflected allegiance to Bernie Sanders.
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What Does a Socialist Movement Look Like?
For the first time in many years, the presidential elections are interesting — and we have socialism to thank for that.
Power Failure: Appalachia Plans for Life Beyond Coal
Though it's long been a region of economic hardship, Appalachian Kentucky now faces a crisis of alarming proportions.
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Fracking’s Air Pollution Puts Infants and Children at Risk of Developing Heart, Lung Problems: New Study
There is no national data available on how many schools or childcare facilities are now within a mile of a fracked well.
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Hillary Clinton Thinks the US Is Great. Why Don’t You?
How can Hillary Clinton be so out of touch with the concerns of working-class people and be so sure she can run the country?
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None of the Bankers Think Hillary Clinton Believes Her Populism, a Financial Journalist Wrote
A puzzling and contradictory microclimate of virtue surrounds Hillary Clinton.