Politics

Poverty has been identified as a factor in lower IQ and psychiatric disorders. What can this tell us about public policy and the minimum wage?

Pat Roberts is dancing like a fool with right-wing ideologues who want to elect one of their own to the Senate.

All those fancy-pants are forever protected in their gilded towers, while the rest of us are the ones caught with our pants down.

What is happening in America today is actually worse than what happened in Brazil in the '70s.

The ALEC model bill for disclosure of chemicals injected into the ground during the controversial hydraulic fracturing process is back for a sequel in the Sunshine State legislature.

On paper, influence peddling has declined. In reality, it has gone underground.

Despite global outrage, the Obama administration is debating targeting American citizens living abroad, proof that the termination of the CIA's drone program is long overdue.

While the P5+1 negotiate with Iran this week and implementation of the Joint Plan of Action goes smoothly, a wide gap remains to be bridged.

Wall Street is using loopholes in financial legislation to seize control of entire industrial chains.

Nicolai Petro: Violence persists between opposition and security forces, as opponents use culture to divide strongly nationalistic Ukrainian groups and factions identifying with Russia.