Communities across America are suffering through a crisis that could leave a dramatically diminished version of democracy in its wake. It is…

On November 4, the American people by a popular majority of more than eight million votes selected as their new President a…

The only surprising thing about the global food crisis to Jim Goodman is the notion that anyone finds it surprising. ‘So,’ says…

Ralph Nader is running again for president. After four previous bids, mounted in varying forums and with varying goals, Nader is…

Blackwater USA‘s mercenary mission in Iraq is very much in the news this week, and rightly so. The private military contractor’s war-for-profit…

Of all the corruptions of empire, few are darker than the claim that diplomacy must be kept secret from the citizenry.  …

When Nancy Pelosi announced last fall that impeachment was “off the table,” official Washington accepted that the primary avenue for holding lawless…

 Molly Ivins always said she wanted to write a book about the lonely experience of East Texas civil rights campaigners to be…

A lot of progressives were perturbed when, immediately after the American people handed the House Democratic Caucus the power to check and…

When South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signed legislation that effectively bans abortion in his state, the director of the militantly anti-choice Christian…