Politics

Over forty members of diverse groups met—many who had never been in a room together—on November 19 to strategize about how to keep the strong momentum going in response …

The New York Times finally reported on the extensive GOP communication campaigns to change public discourse. Then it published a piece of propaganda by that campaign on the front …

The biggest threat to an American-Iranian accord comes from President Obama's enemies at home - Congressional Republicans - not from the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

We are seeing an increased criminalization of protest, and the corporatocracy hopes we will accept it as the new normal.

If the Fourth Circuit Court ruling that a subpoena for Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter James Risen's testimony about a source for his book is upheld,

Bought politicians and pundits continue to spread nonsense about America's best-loved program.

Democracy is one of thosedoublespeak words that is thrown around willy-nilly by just about everyone, without a thought or a care as to what it really means.Democracy is one …

Some believe the diminished filibuster will encourage presidents to nominate more controversial candidates. For nominees, the rules change will certainly mean quicker approval.

As congress continues its fight to demand transparency for foreign military aid a compromise has been drafted demanding stricter standards, but giving the US military the discretion to maintain …

Scorse describes how one private citizen succeeded in effecting a major change in the law for capital gains reporting.