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If politicians in Washington, DC refuse to talk about our warming planet, how do we shift the climate of national debate?

Economists love to talk about incentives. In this case, such limits would motivate CEOs to augment the pay of their janitors, secretaries, and cashiers for a simple reason: Their own raises would depend on it.

When it comes to the devastating affects of pro-corporate deals, Obama was right the first time.

The signs tell us that a climate crisis has arrived in the natural world. The question is: When will this translate into a crisis in the political world?

The actor’s distinctive combination of politics and meme silliness is a pleasure worth indulging.

Are you between age 16 and 60 in a part of the global South targeted by the Pentagon? Until proven innocent, you're counted as a combatant if hit.

On the divided reaction to the announcement of Pope Francis I.

The “preferential option for the poor,” the once-radical idea that God identifies with the oppressed and impoverished, has been mainstreamed as Catholic theological doctrine.

A radical proposal would go well beyond controlling the most aggressive semi-automatic rifles and curbing arms sales to the world's worst dictatorships. It would also demand a change in our political system.

The Dodge Superbowl ad celebrates a type of farming that corporate agribusiness has all but obliterated in the past fifty years.