Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Fracking Spurred Biggest Earthquake Yet
The magnitude 5.7 earthquake near Prague, Okla., in 2011 may also be the largest ever linked to wastewater injection, which is drastically increasing due to the recent boom in U.S. energy production.
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Out of One Gram of Marijuana, a ‘Manufactured Misdemeanor’
The NYPD routinely gins up fake marijuana charges that jail New York City's black youth.
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Once Upon a Time, Corporations Paid Taxes
Campaign for America's Future
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Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act Into Law, Sparking Protests
Farmers protest after President Obama signs the Monsanto Protection Act into law.
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Europeans Planted Seeds of Crisis in Cyprus
Surprise, surprise! The Cypriot crisis was a time bomb set by the E.U. in 2011.
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How the Koch Brothers are Taking Over the Food Supply, and No One is Noticing
Guess who's baaaaaack?
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50,000 March in Tunisia to Launch World Social Forum
Tens of thousands from across the world called for new measures of liberty and dignity as they descended on Tunis to open the weeklong World Social Forum.
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Doing the Math: Profits and Loss in the E.U. Crisis
Politicians like to argue that we are "all in it together" when it comes to austerity measures, but there are definitely winners and losers in the current Euro crisis.
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The Price of Carbon
We are all paying the price of carbon pollution. It's time to put a price on carbon.