Paul Ryan spent the latter 1/2 of Barack Obama’s presidency promising to repair the Republican Party’s relationship with the poor (remembe...

This is what happens when a major political party is gripped by governmentphobia for 37 years - not only does it have no desire to actual...

By openly embracing the racism of the alt-right, Trump effectively played to the religious right’s own roots in white supremacy, despite tha...

President Trump’s falsehoods are eroding public trust, at home and abroad. However, the President clings to his false assertions like a d...

FBI Director James Comey debunked President Trump's claim that Obama wiretapped him by saying that the FBI has no evidence that Obama...

In an interview with Tucker Carlson, President Trump said learned that Obama tapped his phones from The New York Times. False. The full ...

President Trump released his budget blueprint, which calls for a boost in military spending, a 28% cut to the State Department, and deep ...

"U.S. District Court Judge Derrick K. Watson has issued a nationwide temporary restraining order, preventing President Trump's r...

Trump is not fighting terrorism with this ban. He is feeding it. Trump and his Muslim ban still have a huge uphill battle waiting for him ...

Many Americans may be unaware the the far-right movement has direct ties to the Russian government, which is openly supportive of far-righ...

Vice President Mike Pence routinely used a private email account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, at times discussing s...

The early shock about global warming soon gave way, at Shell and other powerful institutions, to a more urgent fear: the fear that somethi...

Jeff Sessions in 1998: “I have no doubt that perjury qualifies under the Constitution as a high crime. It goes to the heart of the judici...

According to the media's analysis, so long as Trump wasn’t his petulant, incoherent, race-baiting self, it would be considered a vict...

What DeVos got wrong about historically black colleges and universities is that they weren't established to give black students a wid...

"Whether or not your intention," the group said, "your Presidency has given the oxygen of incitement to some of the most v...

At a Florida rally, President Trump referred to an attack in Sweden that did not happen, possibly confusing it with Sehwan in Pakistan. T...

Defending his stalled immigration ban, Trump said "there was no way to vet those people. There was no documentation. There was nothi...

Retired Republican judge Mark Painter: "We must admit we have elected a president who has immediately proved himself to be a grifter...

Psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers have signed an open letter warning Donald Trump’s mental state “makes him incapable of se...

"Our opponents, the media, and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to...

In the end, many right wing evangelicals did not vote for Trump despite their beliefs, but because of them. Many right wing evangelicals...

While it’s important to lay primary blame for the Muslim travel ban at the feet of Trump, years of Islamophobic coverage in corporate medi...

Universities aren't bereft of anti-intellectual conservatives because of a vast liberal conspiracy.  There's a strong strain o...

The fact that the Customs and Border Protection agency is defying court orders not to enforce certain provisions of the ban means we ha...

Trump ordered a far wider ban — albeit also temporary — without identifying a specific threat. President Donald Trump defended his sweepin...

If you're confused about the women's march on D.C., let me help you out. At a recent panel discussion that I attended, Historian H...

Donald Trump rode to power on the wings of a dark lie — one of the most malignant and ugly lies in American history: the Birther lie. This...

If you're among those saying "not my president" about Trump, could I politely ask you to reconsider? I'm as anti-Trump...

Historian Heather Cox Richardson, author of a history of the Republican Party entitled To Make Men Free (2004), explains the rise of the ca...

 From guns in schools to accountability for for-profit colleges, the nominee for Secretary of Education either could not or chose not to...

Sessions might want to find fodder in the Bible for his reactionary positions, but the fact is he is isolated and out of step with more th...

It is still illegal for Californians to hire prostitutes (child or otherwise). A report circulating on right wing websites, blogs, and...

Report: "Acting like Mr. Trump does for even a moment will result in a wide range of negative social—and in some cases, criminal—con...

"All too often, there's been a fixation on finances and balance sheets," said Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette. ...

A president intent on developing a base of enthusiastic supporters who believe boldface lies poses a clear threat to American democracy. ...

The triumph of hyper-capitalist selfishness as common sense has created a huge psycho-spiritual crisis and a society filled with deeply sc...

Perry's who should run the Department of Energy, ranked: 1 - Matthew Perry 2 - Katy Perry 3 - Luke Perry 4 - Joe Perry 5 - Perry Farrell...

If you elect a clown, you get a circus. 

Trump has picked an oil company megalith executive with no governing experience and close ties to Russia to be his Secretary of State.

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The only hope for minimizing the damage of Trump's agenda will be to fight his hate-mongering and right-wing faux populism with a prog...