There is a widely-held myth constructed by the right that the people who struggle to make ends meet don’t want to work. But in reality, people are working harder and harder for less and less.

When Martin Luther King Jr. died he was in the midst of planning a campaign to help the poor. "It is criminal to have people working on a full-time basis and a full-time job getting part-time income," King said.

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

Increasingly grim economic pressures, growing popular resistance and the efforts of government regulators have all shocked the energy industry.

They would think Washington has invented a system so dumb, so extreme and so fundamentalist that changing it will surely prove a stunningly difficult task.

A cartoonist writes that "free speech is clearly both a gift and a right, and a terror attack like this is a huge motivation to wield that speech more effectively and powerfully."

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

Extremes of both hot and cold temperatures across the planet are increasing faster than previously believed.

While much of our "national discussion" of race is a shoutfest, Bill's taken a different approach to a tough subject.

The heart of the pine and fir business is in the Willamette Valley, Oregon.