Democracy

After thousands have had their water shut off in Detroit, people plan to protest the human rights violation and privatization that has ensued since the Wall Street-engineered financial crisis.

We need to go back to where all the ladders start, at the rag and bone shop of the heart, at the Human Rights level.

Dennis Kucinich says the United States needs a an inclusive political process similar to Sweden's.

Author, critic and screenwriter Ruth Fowler advocates free education for all, a reimagined, less white feminism, and the dethronement of Creative Writing MFA programs.

America's existing social and political system has not responded in a sane manner to a critical call from scientists worldwide.

In DC, being a celebrity empowers you with the status of being able to influence people and also - if you are in the media - to raise the …

The possibility for alliances, unity, and comprehensive understanding of politics among the youth of the world is greater than ever before.

“THIS TOWN” is a lacerating unmasking of DC in the Swiftian satirical tradition, except it's not just a lampoon; it's the truth.

An emerging choice to neoliberal capitalism - 21st century socialism in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela - provides a stark contrast to European and US austerity-immiseration capitalism. There is …

If the Senate doesn't screw things up, we might finally get the kind of media shield law that our democracy requires.