Democracy

Thom Hartmann on the News

If witnesses to the 1980s massacres are forced to re-testify, they'll face risk and strain beyond what they've already overcome in order to speak out.

Bob Edgar is remembered for his lifelong commitment to social justice and his belief that government can be made to work for and with the people.

Nick Buxton: Paris and other cities have remunicipalised water that had been privatized saving users money and introducing more democracy and transparency.

Privacy, not surveillance, is what must be justified now. We must make sure not to draw the wrong lessons from Boston.

Andrew Cohen: The Senate's dubious vote on gun background checks last Wednesday is a study in at least three different layers of failure.

Thousands of Republican redistricting files in Wisconsin were deleted last year, confirming accusations that they are covering their tracks.

The right to counsel is about more than giving accused criminal defendants their due process in court, and after the sequester, there is not nearly enough funding to help …

With every year that passes, prisoners of the detention camp have grown more and more restless with the uncertainty of their status and treatment while in the prison.

The cou00adop movement is gaining steam, drawing from new energies and a renewed interest in the model.