Journalists aren't the ones we should blame for America’s dysfunctional politics, but it needs to be said that they are active participants in how we got here.

The new movie on the Boston Globe's exposé of pedophilia in the Catholic Church shows why good journalism is essential in our times.

Bernie Sanders has a plan to expand, not “save,” Social Security — and it should be popular.

Money in politics is actually a nonpartisan issue on which all Americans agree: The system isn't working.

The World Series and the latest GOP debate trigger memories of a major presidential campaign snafu in 1976.

In the world according to Fox News, the debate champion is the candidate whose lies are considered to be the most effective. But Roger Ailes always wins.

If you don't watch Fox News or listen to right-wing radio, you probably aren't aware of the negative coverage the pope and his message are receiving this week. Media Matters compiled the video.

Trump is an easy target, and, more importantly, he’s profitable clickbait. But Trump is also a diversion from a deeper, uncomfortable discussion about what ails both the US and Europe.

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.

North Carolina and Tennessee are the latest states to side with telecoms, which have long lobbied against allowing cities to become Internet providers.