The Pew Research Center recently highlighted some data points worth noting as we enter this election year.

What did the mainstream media ignore this year? Reporters, editors and bloggers highlight stories that didn't get nearly enough attention.

What did the mainstream media ignore this year? Reporters, editors and bloggers highlight stories that didn't get nearly enough attention.

There were many times when, despite all the stories about his ill temper and bad behavior, Sinatra wore a progressive, liberal heart on his sleeve.

When one side believes poor people, immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ people and others deserve rights and the other doesn’t, how can we possibly bridge the gap?

Echoes of America’s violent history can be heard in today’s fearful politics.

Echoes of America’s violent history can be heard in today’s fearful politics.

The rising mortality rates among blue-collar whites could be a canary in the coal mine: Things are getting tougher for all working people, writes Barbara Ehrenreich.

Internalized racism prevented one young black man from seeing how the system works.

Tea Party rebels are exposing the deep rifts between country-club elites and social-issue hard-liners.