Why it's wrong for the media to portray this unprecedented legislative extortion as typical partisan negotiations.

After the tea party catapulted House Republicans into the majority, 75 right-wing lawmakers wrote a letter to Speaker Boehner demanding that a vote to repeal the device tax occur “as soon as possible.”

The annual release of the Census poverty data is the one day the mainstream media will discuss poverty. But here are five other important findings you might have missed.

Experts say we must take dramatic action on climate change in the next five to ten years. Find out why.

The well-deserved bragging rights to American exceptionalism are no small matter in this country. So here are eight exceptional(ly dumb) American achievements of the 21st century.

Climate skeptics are doing anything they can to undermine public acceptance of the dangers posed by climate change.

A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers and Company this morning.

A set of campaign consultants and insurance agents stand to profit from confusing Americans on the eve of the healthcare reform enrollment date.

Here are some things you can do right now to forge a path toward a more democratic, equal and ecologically sustainable society.

A new study by Demos recommends capping executive pay as a requirement for government contracts to cut down on income inequality.