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What You Need to Know About Obama's Picks to Head the Department of Energy and the EPA

Posted on: Mar 4, 2013, Source: Daily Kos

Obama tapped Ernest Moniz for the DOE and Gina McCarthy for the EPA -- here's a look at where they stand on the issues.

State Department Assessment of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Downplays Environmental Risks

Posted on: Mar 1, 2013, Source: Daily Kos

The Draft Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement on the Keystone XL pipeline is not good news for environmental activists who oppose it.

Did John Kerry Send a Signal on Keystone XL Decision?

Posted on: Feb 22, 2013, Source: Daily Kos

Was Kerry's first major address as Secretary of State a clue -- or just wishful thinking?

Tea Party Group "Deeply Embarrassed" by Failure to Plan Pro-Gun Rallies

Posted on: Feb 15, 2013, Source: Daily Kos

Has the once formidable Tea Party completely fallen apart?

Government Reports "Meh" 96,000 New Jobs for August. Behind the Numbers.

Posted on: Sep 7, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Republicans: Our Welfare Ad is a Lie. It Works. We're Sticking With It

Posted on: Aug 28, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

RNC Speaker's Business Experience Blows Holes in Party's "We Built It" Theme

Posted on: Aug 25, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Crunching July's Numbers: Unemployment Up, But New Jobs Created

Posted on: Aug 3, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Government jobs fell by 9,000, making the net gain 163,000--well over the consensus of experts surveyed ahead of time.

Democratic Platform Will Include Marriage Equality Plank

Posted on: Jul 31, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Sees 31 Sexual Assaults as 'No Evidence of a Widespread Problem'

Posted on: Jul 13, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Decades of Tax Cuts for the Rich Reduced Their Rates by Half, Republicans Want More

Posted on: Jul 11, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

June Jobs Report Shows Economy Still in the Dumps

Posted on: Jul 6, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Judge Says Challenge in Defense of Marriage Act Case Will Go Forward

Posted on: Jul 5, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Low Capital Gains Tax Rate Rewards the Rich with No Discernible Benefit to the Larger Economy

Posted on: Jul 4, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

How Right-Wingers Are Trying to Scuttle the House Transportation Bill

Posted on: Jun 29, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

'Missing Workers'? Latest Jobs Report is More Bad News

Posted on: Jun 1, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Corporate Profits Hit New Records: Still Hoarding Gobs of Cash, Still Barely Hiring

Posted on: May 7, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Disappointing April Jobs Report: Public Sector Layoffs and Shrinking Labor Force

Posted on: May 4, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Jan Brewer Signs "Life Begins at Menstruation" Bill, the Most Draconian Anti-Abortion Law So Far

Posted on: Apr 14, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Report Concludes the Obvious: Food Stamps Reduce Impact of Poverty

Posted on: Apr 11, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Job Growth and Pay Roll Clock In At Disappointing Levels

Posted on: Apr 6, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Obama: "If I Had a Son, He'd Look Like Trayvon"

Posted on: Mar 23, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Suspension Isn't Good Enough: Limbaugh's Advertisers Need to Leave for Good

Posted on: Mar 6, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Obama Calls for End of Oil Tax Breaks

Posted on: Mar 1, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Republicans Whine About Fallout from Nasty Primary Campaign

Posted on: Feb 29, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

After Defeating State-Rape Legislation, Virginia Senate Shoots Down "Personhood" Bill

Posted on: Feb 24, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Buying Democracy: Super PACs Got 25% of Their Cash From Just Five Billionaire Donors

Posted on: Feb 23, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

Men's Earnings Haven't Just Stagnated Over Past 40 Years--They've Fallen

Posted on: Jan 15, 2012, Source: Daily Kos

A new report shows that full-time male workers in the United States were making less in real, that is, inflation-adjusted, dollars in 2009 than they were in 1969.

Ron Paul's Extreme Worldview: No Compassion for AIDS Patients or Sexual Harassment Survivors

Posted on: Dec 30, 2011, Source: Daily Kos

With a Unanimous Vote, the House Finally Passes the Payroll Tax Cut Extension

Posted on: Dec 23, 2011, Source: Daily Kos

Less Heat for Poor This Winter, Thanks to Austerity

Posted on: Dec 17, 2011, Source: Daily Kos

GOP Eager to Squelch Student Voters

Posted on: Dec 3, 2011, Source: Daily Kos

Jobs Report Even Worse Than Expected -- Will Lawmakers Keep Cutting Taxes for the Rich and Spending for the Poor?

Posted on: Jun 3, 2011, Source: Daily Kos

Michigan Superintendent's Sarcastic Plan to Save Schools from Gov's Ax: Make Them Prisons

Posted on: May 28, 2011, Source: Daily Kos

Dianne Feinstein Slams Torture Enablers, Insists Bin Laden Intel Was NOT Obtained Through Torture

Posted on: May 3, 2011, Source: Daily Kos

Small Team Made "Surgical Strike" to Target Bin Laden

Posted on: May 2, 2011, Source: Daily Kos

The Deadly Toll of the BP Disaster, One Year Later

Posted on: Apr 20, 2011, Source: Daily Kos

Will Financial Industry Crooks Who Caused Crisis Continue to Go Unpunished?

Posted on: Apr 15, 2011, Source: Daily Kos

The Rich Getting Richer: CEO Salaries Are Soaring Again

Posted on: Apr 12, 2011, Source: Daily Kos

No Government Shutdown -- But the Big Fight Remains

Posted on: Apr 9, 2011, Source: Daily Kos

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