More than 1,400 people were arrested during protests in Washington, D.C., over the past week as part of Democracy Awakening and Democracy…

“This is a victory for people over politics and shows the importance of old-fashioned grassroots organizing”

Will the people prevail over the politically powerful industry?

The scandal over Volkwagen’s illegal scheme to sell diesel vehicles equipped with software designed to cheat U.S. air pollution limits is widening

Prayers, marches, teach-ins planned as NC voting restrictions go on trial

The Obama administration released its draft five-year plan for oil and gas development on the Outer Continental Shelf and for the first time it includes waters off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, But environmental advocates blasted it for putting coastal ecosystems and economies at risk.

While the wealth gap between black and white U.S. households shrank from 2007 to 2010, it grew over the next three years to the widest it’s been in 30 years

A network of groups backed by Pope’s family foundation, as well as lawmakers backed by Pope’s electoral spending machinery, were instrumental in pushing through a raft of voting restrictions, which are still embroiled in litigation

Year in which Congress initially authorized the Defense Department to give excess arms and ammunition to law enforcement agencies for counter-drug activities, leading to the creation of what’s come to be known as the 1033 program:1990

Number of states that have passed laws requiring voters to show some form of identification at the polls: 34