Half of all renters spend more than 30 percent of their gross income on housing, while 27 percent spend more than 50 percent — both sharp increases over the last decade.

Local prosecutors end up being responsible for most of the exonerations.

As we remember Howard Zinn five years after his passing, let’s count him among the many social justice heroes and teachers who offer proof that people’s efforts make a difference — that ordinary people can change the world.

Read one struggling mom's efforts to keep her family afloat.

Between over-fishing and habitat destruction, the oceans may be on the brink of their own extinction catastrophe.

These policies could be pursued immediately, improving the lives and futures of millions of children and eventually saving taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars annually.

For the first time in at least 50 years, low income students are now a majority of the schoolchildren attending the nation’s public schools.

You don't learn too much else about Joni Ernst, picked to rebut the State of the Union address, from media profiles — nor do you get the impression that corporate media think you need to know much.

The government health care programs turn 50 this year. One advocate argues that rising health care costs mean that strengthening and improving them is more important than ever.

A new poll shows that we want what we don't have -- paid parental leave and paid sick days.