Environmental and social justice groups built an interactive calculator to measure the real cost of fossil fuel subsidies.

A weekly roundup of the best reporting on the influence of money on our democracy.

A Republican representing 22 communities in central Maine, Youngblood was elected three times using Maine’s Clean Election system.

"In colleges, they say, 'Hey, you guys are amateurs.' Well why do they say that? So that they keep all the money!"

Finally, some sense from Democrats in the House. Last week, 44 "flipped" and came out against the Volcker Rule delay.

A wake up call for the left comes as Republicans double down on austerity, taxation and deregulation.

The vast divide between America's rich and poor made stark by the destruction of San Jose's "Jungle."

The IRS faces a number of hurdles before its new regulations for social welfare nonprofits can be finalized, including potential opposition from Congress.

These charts show why addressing inequality and spurring wage growth is so necessary – and so doable. Policy choices led to these trends, and different policy choices can reverse them.

A useful set of market-friendly policies that an economist thinks will lead to both more equality and more growth.