Environment

On Valentine's Day this year, Florida almost made the unprecedented move to privatize 29 of its prisons, but the legislation was narrowly defeated.

Paul Krugman: Itu2019s extremely important that we take action to promote a real, full recovery.

This move by Aqua America — which stands to profit generously from expanded drilling across the country — could be premonitory of upcoming battles over the role of for-profit …

Texas climate justice activists are prepared to use nonviolent, direct action to block the Keystone XL pipeline's construction.

FL. u201cVoter purge: u201cThe emails document that u2014 despite public claims to the contrary by Scott and Detzner u2014 as early as October of last year, Matthews fully acknowledged …

Letu2019s admit something else about the heat today, as you bake under your graduation gowns: whether or not you have the figures at your fingertips, whether or not you …

Ever since President Roosevelt signed an oil agreement with Saudi Arabia in 1945, our fraught relationships in the Middle East have been driven by our militarized dependency on their …

Thom Hartmann: It pays to be a Member of Congress during a financial crisis.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected much of Arizonau2019s tough new immigration law but allowed one key provision to stand, saying federal law did not pre-empt the state's instruction …