Perspectives

An academic theorizes that the fruits of the Vermont senator's heroic efforts may not be ripe until four years from now -- assuming that there will be someone ready to harvest them.

Major producers continue to pump out record levels of crude and world demand remains essentially flat. Could we, in fact, be witnessing a fundamental shift in the energy industry?

It is true that the South is beleaguered, but that only means we must do more to lift up those who are reshaping it.

Not only has CEO pay exploded, so has the pay of top executives just below them. A new rule just passed by the SEC means workers will finally know how much more the higher ups are making.

GOP contenders hate Obamacare but don't have an alternative and know nothing about health insurance, writes health care activist Wendell Potter.

As time goes by, it gets harder and harder to figure out how much of the largest banks’ profits is due to their legitimate operations and how much is due to their tolerance of illegal activity.

The wettest rainforest in the continental United States had gone up in flames and the smoke was so thick, so blanketing, that you could see it miles away.

Our democracy is threatened when voting becomes a wedge issue between the parties.

Political insiders don’t see that the biggest political phenomenon in America today is a revolt against the “ruling class” of insiders that have dominated Washington for more than three decades.

For those who never get the chance to speak about their lived experiences in public, protest is the only opportunity to make their voices heard.