Lead in the drinking water. Carcinogens in children’s toys. Toxic flame retardants on household furniture. It seems like everywhere you look, chemical contamination is causing major health problems – and putting lives…
Sometimes you stumble across a corruption story so egregious, it sounds too awful to be true. This is one of those stories. Florida hospital chain Tenet Healthcare has been mired in scandal…
Today is the anniversary of one of the more notorious Supreme Court cases of our time: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. For many, the Citizens United ruling seems like the beginning…
Pot! Glorious pot. Few issues have seen a more rapid shift in public opinion, with a majority of Americans now in favor of legalizing marijuana — up from just 34% a decade…
Money plays a big role in politics — It always has. Too often, though, our attention is drawn to federal elections and not to the money game going on in our own…
Can you imagine being in a relationship with somebody who never listens to you? Somebody who never cleans up their messes or owns up to their mistakes? Somebody who keeps promising they’ll…
On Tuesday, Congressional leaders struck a deal to avert another government shutdown and put off our next completely avoidable, 100% self-imposed budget crisis until next September. And while most members of the least productive…
One month ago, the streets of Hong Kong erupted in protest. After promising free elections, the Chinese government announced that a 1200 person nominating committee (that’s just .024% of Hong Kong’s population)…
