It was a clarifying event, highlighting the tea parties' indifference to the real suffering being caused by the shutdown.

Just looking at the rank-and-file members of the “suicide caucus” is like focusing on the marionette rather than the puppet-master. Who's pulling the strings?

In the wake of Citizens United a well-funded network of conservative groups has arisen that has the ability to make the lives of Republicans who seek compromise very, very difficult.

Read an excerpt from historian Joyce Appleby's latest book: Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination.

A constitutional law professor explains what was at stake in McCutcheon v. FEC, the campaign finance case the Supreme Court decided today.

What's the potential fallout from McCutcheon v. FEC, the campaign finance case currently before the Supreme Court?

A round-up of the best analysis of the arguments in the Supreme Court campaign finance case that many are calling Citizens United 2.0.

The Conservative Action Project has played a background role in several high-profile political debates, including this month's shutdown.

Americans can't take a stroll in a national park but Congress still can work out in their exclusive gym (no towels though).

The right-wing echo chamber has vilified food stamp users with a variety of absurd lies and myths. As a result, people will go hungry.