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A contest between political factions produced disaster where progress should have happened.

"Shoes that never yield to the floor!" writes one fan.

When a teenager failed to appear in court on substance abuse charges, the police began cyber-bulling him on Facebook.

The damage to this country that the Supreme Court's right-wing majority has done could be employed by Dems to destroy House Republican majority.

Why human desire to know the future is costing vulnerable folks big bucks.

Workers wait on corners and in alleys for rickety vans to whisk them off to warehouses miles away—in the US.

Police officers in a Chicago suburb sat in front of a home for 20 minutes, then without any provocation shot the family dog.

The ruling judge has stripped the defendant of his First Amendment rights.

From incest to sperm competition and polyamory, anatomy—not social arrangements—explain how a species mates and partners.

S.C. pastor accused of abusing girls during 'private prayer' sessions.

The fight over public education has reached a new pitch, with mass layoffs in large school districts and the most significant pushback against education "reform" yet.

The institutional racism of the war on drugs is creeping into our schools.

Welcome to the new Taliban embassy in Qatar!

When the free free press, explicitly protected in the bill of rights becomes equivalent to an "enemy of the United States" something very, very bad is happening.

In a rare move, the court withdrew its unanimous rejection of a sexual discrimination lawsuit.

Jihawg Ammunition, an Idaho-based company, is marketing their product with the slogan "Put some Ham in MoHAMed"

City Council made an important choice to add more oversight to NYPD policies, like stop-and-frisk, that are discriminatory.

Borrowing rates for federal student loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on Monday.

Executive Branch leaders have killed, wounded and made homeless well over 20 million human beings in the last 50 years, mostly civilians.

Three words: affordable longterm contraception.

It's going to be a tough row to hoe, from here on out for Monsanto.

Unprotected oral sex is safer than anal or vaginal sex, but have we become complacent because it’s so much less-scary?

Supreme Court's arch-conservative says legalizing same-sex marriage discriminates against people who don't want it.

The memoir I wrote told the awful truth, but that was too much information for many outraged critics. Now I know why.

It's not just the NSA. The government deploys all sorts of informers, agents provocateurs and dirty tricks to spy on constititutionally protected, peaceful protest.

Fellow reporters seem intent on digging into every aspect, no matter how irrelevant, of the columnist's past.

'Unruly gals' like Davis are responsible for nearly everything good in Texas, including stopping the latest abortion ban.

The seemingly endless “war on terror” has made government hostility to openness part of America’s permanent wartime mentality.

Then he "backed away" and made a phone call instead of helping her, says victim.

Immigrants who do manage to naturalize may have to wait even longer for their vote to matter, or matter nearly as much as it should.

Obama’s unique brand of legalism allows abuses like Gitmo’s hunger strikers to fade away under the lovely veneer of civility and the call for sensibleness.

America's favorite city is being Googlized, stripped of artists, minorities, and the non-rich.

The growth of America's oppressive national security apparatus has led to dire consequences for dissenters, whistleblowers and journalists.

The Court’s narrow rulings are a big victory for LGBT rights.

The most notable parts of his speech were where he touched on “controversial” topics such as the Keystone XL pipeline and natural gas.

MSNBC's anchor Chris Hayes pins Iraq, the economy, Katrina and more on elites — says we all must get radicalized now.

Didn't take long for the right-wing loonies to pipe up.

A case of "outrage envy."

Last night, hundreds of angry women refused to let their voices be silenced by Senate Republicans dead-set on trampling their rights.

You could be stunting your development or speeding your demise by spending too many hours a day on that device.

"It takes Texas less time to disenfranchise minority voters than it takes them to barbecue a pig."

Nevada’s just one of the states where the heavy hand of the gun lobby slaps down the majority.

This very small country, in spite of its brave history, seems to be heading into a rather downward spiral.

The latest advice from the medical community? Don't take your vitamins.

McClatchy newspaper group tells the story that mainstream media ignores

All in the name of gun rights

Bank of America allegedly used dirty tactics to lead homeowners into foreclosures and in-house loan modifications, reaping massive profits for the bank's bottom-line.

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy has introduced a bill that would place restrictions on the NSA’s ability to collect intelligence on Americans.

A Rolling Stone article details how the ratings agencies supposed to watch investment deals rubber-stamped dubious transactions.

Climate change is for real -- and Miami has front row seats. Scientist's explanation is highly shocking.

The practice that has devastated parts of Canada is already underway in the U.S. and things could get a lot worse.

Four decades after the counter-culture’s widespread recreational use of hallucinogens led to criminalization, there's new interest in their therapeutic potential.

Corporate America is winning and changing the way future judges can rule.

Hedges: "If there are no Snowdens, if there are no Mannings, if there are no Assanges, there will be no free press."

Once again, the military is spurring destabilization, the growth of radical Islamic movements and blowback in a new region of the planet.

Sex educators, writers and porn stars share their favorite adult Tumblrs

Whistleblower's rumoured arrival then non-departure from Russia leaves many in Moscow asking: was he ever even here?

With power increasingly corrupted by ever-bigger forces, who will speak for the individual citizens of this country?

Some businesses threatened to drastically reduce staff hours to avoid Obamacare requirements. Are they actually following through?

They wanted him to snitch, a disturbing lawsuit alleges.

NSA leaks did not just reveal government spying, but also the mainstream media's refusal to question or challenge authority.

Despite having a ticket, Snowden did not board a plane flying from Russia to Havana yesterday.

Farmers have always saved seeds from their harvest to sow the following year. But Monsanto and other big seed companies have changed the rules of the game.

Children, seniors and disabled citizens going hungry is a stain on humanity.

Assange opened up on the NSA whistleblower and America's use of the word "traitor."

Because of a legal loophole, nonprofits and other companies can pay some workers far less than minimum wage.

It's cutesy and patronising, but the Happy Playtime app may in a roundabout way teach women there's no shame in masturbation.

Whistleblower escapes from Hong Kong to Moscow on a commercial flight despite a formal US extradition request.

The Thompson Divide has some of the best recreational opportunities in the country. It's also an important headwaters, but that may not be enough to save it.

Investigation of 50 cases involving Brooklyn police officer Louis Scarcella launched after his alleged role in wrongful conviction for murder.

After Radha Stern's son was murdered, her grief took her on a whole new path.

Whistleblower escapes from Hong Kong to Moscow on a commercial flight despite a formal US extradition request.

Joseph Shrand discusses his new book, "Outsmarting Anger: 7 Strategies for Defusing Our Most Dangerous Emotion."

The power of truth-tellers like Edward Snowden is that they dispel a whole mythology carefully constructed by the corporate cinema, the corporate academy and the corporate media.

The large foundations of America's industrial giants have played a truly profound – and largely overlooked – role in the shaping of modern society.

Clearly things must change and we're leading the fight, but we need your help to hone the right strategy.

The economic implication is that if everyone considered 'obese' now has a disease, then doctors can get reimbursed to treat it as such.

The controversy surrounding the NYC Department of Education’s recent decision to require selective schools to admit special-needs students illustrates the troubles with “school choice.”

Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning both seemed useful to authority, but they also have principles and decided to act on them.

The revolts in Turkey, Brazil, Europe, the Middle East and Asia – as well as in the United States – are all connected.

The FBI has cleared its agents in every single shooting incident dating back two decades.

In state legislatures around the country, boilerplate ALEC legislation that dilutes collective bargaining rights, blocks Americans from voting, and limits corporate liability is passing without the public knowing who’s behind it.

Once Obama ascended to the Oval office, he was no longer simply talking for himself, but as commander-in-chief.

Brad Pitt's $200 million zombie epic is exciting cinema, but its sloppy, lazy script rips off many better films.

Obama appointee now says pot is a dangerous drug and growing it is a federal crime that must be punished, despite state law.

Up to 200,000 American girls and women are at risk, many of them sent abroad to undergo the procedure.

Online courses will create a two-tiered system, with the wealthy taking classes face-to-face and making social connections, and middle-class and poorer students learning remotely.

People who don't believe in God handle difficulties very differently from believers.

There is no grid lock in a majority of the states, as big majorities of one party show the D's and R's to be from different planets.

Bank of America allegedly used dirty tactics to lead homeowners into foreclosures and in-house loan modifications, reaping massive profits for the bank's bottom-line.

Although bisexuals often come out to gays and lesbians, they often encounter erasure, exclusion, and biphobic responses within those communities.

The anger of the poor and working class towards Brazil's elite has been building for years

The U.S. spends nearly $20 billion annually on border security measures and that figure will be ramped up even higher in 2014.