The news from Ferguson highlights the need for a broader defense of journalism and democracy.

Americans are sick of politics. Only 13 percent approve of the job Congress is doing, a near record low. The president’s approval ratings are also in the basement.

What some of last century's cast of characters -- and the lives they led -- tell us about humanity.

There's an opportunity for change, both in federal policy and how the police everywhere look at their own decisions.

People in more than 90 cities around the country took to the streets on Thursday to protest the police shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager in Missouri.

Cooperative Home Care Associates has 2,300 workers who enjoy good wages, regular hours and family health insurance.

Imagine you’re a single mother working a minimum-wage job with a toddler at home. When your diaper supply runs out mid-month, where can you turn to help you afford that incredibly basic necessity?

In this clip from an interview Bill did with the writer in 1982, Angelou returns to her hometown and describes what it felt like to cross over from the black part of town to the white neighborhood.

Laws criminalizing sitting, sleeping, lying down and camping leave homeless people with nowhere to go when the shelter system fails them.

For the first time in nearly 50 years, Americans will go to the polls without a key protection under the Voting Rights Act. Congress must act to ensure every citizen can freely cast a ballot.