Politics

Matt Harwood makes clear in his inaugural article for TomDispatch, American Muslims have been disproportionately targeted compared to right-wing Christian groups.

NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake says a new American revolution is needed to resist surveillance state - defends Snowden from pro-Obama left criticism.

The stunning inaction and backlog in the 113th Congress can be traced back to January 20, 2009.

If we cannot cut off aid to Egypt when an aid cutoff is mandated by US law, under what circumstances could we do it?

In today's On the News segment: The Obama administration has delayed a provision of the Affordable Care Act related to businesses with over 50 employees that would have been …

Regardless of what one thinks about NSA head Eric Clapper as an individual, if he can lie to Congress without consequence, we're in big trouble in terms of democracy …

The Roberts 5 richly deserve the label of Ku Klux Kourt that Greg Palast [“Ku Klux Kourt Kills King's Dream Law, Replaces Voting Rights Act With Katherine Harris Acts”] …

I met Mohammed Hassan Aazab earlier this year over tea at a table of young anarchists in downtown Cairo. The anniversary of the revolution had just passed with massive …

The Senate's failure to reach a deal to avoid a doubling of interest rates on federally subsidized student loans has once again thrust the magnitude of student debt into …

While National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has been holed up at a Moscow airport, news outlets are continuing to report on his leaks of classified U.S. documents.