Politics & Elections

Bill Moyers shares his own thoughts on the shutdown, and the resulting sabotage of democracy.

The more nuclear weapons, the more risk and insecurity for the planet as a whole.

There's a growing consensus in the media: after 42 long, hard years, the war on drugs has failed.

The U.S. government has begun a partial shutdown for the first time in 17 years after Congress failed to break a partisan deadlock by a midnight deadline.

To help navigate the new system implemented by Obamacare, Democracy Now speaks to Elisabeth Benjamin, Vice President of Health Initiatives of Community Service Society of New York.

The Republican controlled House of Representatives have voted on the Farm Bill; part of which includes a $39 billion cut in the food stamp program.

Scahill says the Bush administration's decision to back Ethiopia's overthrow of Somalia's Islamic Courts Union in 2006 helped fuel al-Shabab's growth into the dominant militant group that it is …

After failing to garner support on a military strike on Syria, President Obama hinted at reconciliation with Iran at the UN General Assembly.

A new controversy aggravating already strained relations between Washington and Caracas threatens to destabilise relations with other South American countries.

The NAACP and two other groups are filing suit to halt the state's voter ID law after a Supreme Court ruling in June.