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Democratic candidates need to make support for public education front-and-center of their campaigns.

The ozone layer is recovering a bit, but that's because of more carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.

The real secret to FDR's success, which Ken Burns neglects to include in his documentary, “The Roosevelts,” was growing unrest and the power of protest.

Talking down to women isn't just a Texas GOP thing.

If there is no pressure from the left, political debate will continue to shift ever rightward, just as it has under Bill Clinton and during Obama's first term.

The movement against mass incarceration can learn much from the struggle for climate justice. Environmental justice activists' engagement with governments, global organizations and corporations holds many lessons in fighting …

Wal-Mart is running an illegal scheme to prod employees into contributing to its political action committee.

Nicholas Wade's NYT science writing thrilled white supremacists.

As climate activists converge on New York, world leaders will meet behind closed doors with corporate honchos who bank on fossil fuels.

“Borderline sweatshop conditions.” That's how a group of Chipotle Mexican Grill employees, including several managers, described their working conditions.