Politics

Normally I prefer it when Congress is not in session in Washington, reasoning our legislators can do us no harm, or less harm anyway, when they are back home …

Despite a strong opening, legislation to allow paid sick days fell one vote short in Philadelphia at the dismay of hundreds of workers.

Within the “Rising American Electorate” unmarried women are most at risk within the stagnant economy.

The bitter battle over two stricken southern California reactors has taken a shocking seismic hit. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ignored critical questions from two powerful members of Congress …

Pulling back the curtain on how intent the wealthiest Americans have been on establishing a propaganda tool to subvert democracy.

Can the Federal Reserve be remade into a transparent, democratic institution?

As many Americans were occupied putting the final touches on their taxes, Congress repealed the legislation that required our leaders to disclose information about their stock trades online.

We don't always have a clean shot at the 1 percent, but there is broad public consensus on this issue across many ideological and class lines.

Participatory budgeting (PB) transfers decision-making power from elected officials to everyday people.

There are new and even historic anti-poverty proposals in this budget. But the better they are, the more they fall into the hard to get category.