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Misogyny’s deepest roots are exposed in the endless repetition of stories about capture and rape.

Obama admits "No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare” -- but fails to offer way out.

The school-to-prison pipeline strikes again.

Do women lose interest in sex as they age? How safe is it to have sex post-heart attack?

During Obama's speech on Thursday, CODEPINK's co-founder Medea Benjamin demanded the closure of GITMO and the end of his killer drone program.

Washington institutions esteemed for their independent scholarship don't disclose donations from corporations and foreign governments.

It's not about being right, it's about being loving, the unusually tolerant Pontiff tells his flock.

Meanwhile, O'Reilly acts his usual bigoted self.

An innovative study reveals that more than 75% of Americans are unhappy with their friendships.

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a nationwide "counter terrorism" apparatus emerged. And it has turned on dissenters like the Occupy movement.

We've heard plenty about terrorists. Time to talk about the 'terrarists' and make them pay for their crimes.

Did you need more proof that our Senate is broken?

Skyrocketing executive salaries since deregulation in the 1980s helped the top 1 percent of Americans expand their share of income, even as worker pay has stagnated.

Thanks to the brothers Tsarnaev, the workhorse of the Indian kitchen is being viewed as the Trojan horse of America, its hiss more ominous than comforting.

Mark Pendergast's book, "For God, Country, and Coca-Cola" guides readers through decades of shrewd marketing campaigns and the company's ugly history.

Obama's scheme to sell off the Tennessee Valley Authority gets push-back from Tennessee Republicans who know the benefits of a publicly-owned facility.

Watch: Asked if she "thanks the lord," Oklahoma survivor tells Wolf, "actually, I'm an atheist."

'They don't fit' is the phrase that apparently prompted concern.

Closing arguments have been made in the trial over the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk tactic. What now?

Many lessons can be drawn from the failed October Surprise investigation of two decades ago.

Sungevity founder Danny Kennedy talks about his book and how solar power is transforming communities and creating jobs.

In "Who Owns the Future?" Jaron Lanier examines how the Web eliminates employment and job security, along with revenues that give the economic middle stability.

How Jason Richwine finally found a place to explore his absurd theories linking IQ to race at the elite university.

Economist David Stuckler and physician Sanjay Basu examine the health impacts of austerity across the globe in their new book.

The President's election reform panel is filled with good people; let's hope Congress listens to them.

In the case of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the U.S. government wants to keep the production of nuclear bombs and their components away from public scrutiny.

Labeling Assata Shakur a terrorist is the latest attempt by the government to rewrite the history of radical activists.

My kids and their friends and everyone roughly their age will, in fact, be the last human beings to remember a stable, predictable procession of seasons.

Many lessons can be drawn from the failed October Surprise investigation of two decades ago.

A new report is an eye-opening look into how the U.S. counter-terror apparatus was used to track the Occupy movement.

Coburn’s callous position was announced as the death toll and devastation in Oklahoma was coming into full view.

As long as there are insufficient checks and balances on big business and its powerful lobbies, we are at their mercy.

The impact of sequester down the line.

Four U.S. Marshals busted down the door of the wrong house and held an innocent family at gunpoint.

Why shoot peaceful protesters full of electricity in order to get them to fall to the ground in excruciating pain, dazed and compliant?

Apparently, we have deserving and undeserving disasters, Oklahoma senators James Inhofe and Tom Coburn explain.

A touching moment between a woman and young son.

Inhofe is singing a different tune now.

A planned demonstration at Gap Inc's shareholder meeting in San Francisco aims to get Gap to sign on to fire and building safety regulations in Bangladesh.

Three Chicago teens are charged with a horrible sexual assault. They allegedly posted the video on social media.

The deceased, who was fighting a traffic ticket, suffered from asthma -- but deputies accused her of faking, suit filed in court argues.

A lifelong educator joins the Moral Mondays protests in Raleigh to fight the GOP education agenda.

Other factors have come and gone for the Right, but racism has always been there.

High school's tough enough without having to face prison time for refusing to serve an occupation you know is wrong.

The US government extensively monitors its citizens' internet activities, with dangerous effects on personal liberties.

The Oklahoma medical examiner's office gave the latest death toll, which was carried by all the major US television networks, which said the number of fatalities was expected to rise.

The debate over dropping junk food from the nation’s biggest nutrition program cuts across the political spectrum in unpredictable ways.

A lifelong educator joins the Moral Mondays protests in Raleigh to fight the GOP education agenda.

Other factors have come and gone for the Right, but racism has always been there.

Lead, flame retardants, and BPA are everywhere, but you can limit your exposure.

Three teenagers are accused of raping a 12-year-old girl and then posting the attack on Facebook.

International corporations have no national allegiance, they care only for profit. Meanwhile, people all over the world are becoming increasingly nationalistic and xenophobic.

Big business is making its way around the world like a modern-day Attila the Hun, pillaging and despoiling the planet.

Why “more guns, less crime?” is the wrong question to ask.

Kaitlyn Hunt is facing felony charges of sexual “battery” after the parents of her 15-year-old girlfriend pressed charges.

A Bronx bus company is offering tours billed as a “a ride through a real New York City ‘GHETTO.’"

Tennessee congressman Stephen Fincher is very angry that the federal government is committed to preventing poor people from starving to death:

Virginia GOP nominee for Attorney General would force women to report their miscarriages to police.

DeCoatsworth was honored for his valor by the White House.

If you take the long view, you’ll see how startlingly, how unexpectedly but regularly things change -- not by magic, but by countless acts of courage, love, and commitment.

Zealots use fraudulent tax returns, liens and foreclosures to evade laws they find illegitimate.

In fact, the plaintiffs say, a state judge has told the city that its system is illegal.

"Should the IRS campaign be successful, it will ... eliminate tens of thousands of well paying jobs, [and] destroy hundreds of millions of dollars of tax revenue."

Recent revelations show that Jamie Dimon's bank represents all that is corrupt, contemptible, and criminal about today's megabanks.

Luciano Romero's homicide is now taking center stage in a legal battle to define corporate responsibility in conflict zones.

His habitual reaching across the partisan chasm has generated controversy, notably when he floated a Medicare reform plan with House Budget chair Paul Ryan.

This is only the latest in egregious police abuse in Kern County.

Feds crack down on peaceful anti-nuke protesters who exposed major security lapse at weapons plant.

The religious right often wages campaigns of harassment, intimidation and outright violence against First Amendment plaintiffs.

A proposal for a socially conscious lottery panicked state gambling interests and birthed the 9-figure jackpot.

Big business is making its way around the world like a modern-day Attila the Hun, pillaging and despoiling the planet.

Florida man told her it was an antibiotic.

We must take grievances about America’s Mideast oppression seriously.

Is your anxiety about falling asleep keeping you awake? Or are your neurons to blame?

Media observers horrified at the thought of a Koch takeover of major newspapers are more sanguine about Murdoch. What are they thinking?

The Massachusetts senator is now championing legislation that would cut the student loan rate to the near zero that the big banks enjoy when borrowing money.

A leading international voice on arctic conservation addresses President Obama’s strategy for tapping America’s northern frontier.

Proponents of military involvement have it all wrong: The United States should de-escalate hostilities.

The fight against plutocracy, concentrated wealth and corporatism is decentralized, creative and growing.

You can't hit 400 ppm CO2 and still think "all of the above" is a rationale energy strategy.

The Koch bros are rumored to be possible bidders for the Tribune company and its large regional papers including the LA Times ... their grandfather Harry Koch would be proud.

The maddening episode reveals how Washington works.

The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art takes on punk, with mixed results.

An excerpt from Hazel Rose Markus Alana Conner's "Clash!: 8 Cultural Conflicts That Make Us Who We Are"

There’s no safe level of exposure to this dangerous toxin still lurking in millions of homes, but that truth is consistently under attack from industry-funded public relations excecutives.

D.C. Govt. advertisement is just as ridiculous as the 1930s film 'Reefer Madness.'

The Kevin who took a steak knife to his ex's throat is not the Kevin I know.

The dangers of ignoring history.

Scahill’s work has sparked several congressional investigations and won some of journalism’s highest honors.

The fight against plutocracy, concentrated wealth and corporatism is decentralized, creative and growing.

As the hunger strike stretches into its 100th day, here are the four worst things about how the U.S. is handling the ongoing protest.

Three continue to be held at the local jail in the lastest example of criminalizing kids for being kids

Outspoken economist Robert Johnson and firebrand academic Cornel West consider threats to human dignity and a just society.

Why do women have extramarital affairs?

From Pat Robertson's election predictions to the entire Christian right freaking out about gay marriage, here are 10 prophesies that didn't come true.

The lines between the military and law enforcement have blurred even further.

The topless performance artist is suing the NYPD for repeated arrests, harassment and committing her to psychiatric institution.

Predatory pricing practices can be found nearly everywhere in healthcare.

“Folks, this is a game changer. And not just because it looks like it was made by Hasbro."

"Should the IRS campaign be successful, it will ... eliminate tens of thousands of well paying jobs, [and] destroy hundreds of millions of dollars of tax revenue."

In a move that may prove deadly for workers and consumers, the federal government is washing its hands of slaughterhouse inspection and encouraging industry self-regulation.

The freshman rep explained, "we’ve normalized perversion and perverted God’s natural law."

The Obama era has been one of the worst for domestic civil liberties.

Over-saturation of images and narratives of violence have resulted in a collective numbness.

Brace yourselves: There will be more Sheldon Adelsons and Koch Brothers warping elections to come

Sources report that Monsanto has begun secretly lobbying its Congressional allies to attach amendments to the Farm Bill that would preempt or prohibit states from requiring labels on GE foods.

A Forbes slideshow reveals in detail how “billionaire brands control your life."

Students took to President Jamshed Bharucha’s office demanding that he resign over his proposal to introduce tuition, a policy that would break the school’s 155-year tradition of free education.

For all the outcry about targeting by ideology, IRS has for years unfairly favored a different group: the rich.