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It is, after all, about a slice of red-state America at a time of fierce political polarization. In the wake of the 2016 election, traveling to Monrovia—a mostly white town in the vice president’s home state—was hardly an idle or random decision.

Tech Giants and ICE; Eco-tage in EU; Suing Trump; Net Neutrality in Cali; A Question of Balance; Scamming the Women's March

During an on-going debate about the future of the VHA, many a patriotic speech has been made about how much everyone in Washington loves and cares for veterans. But even a personal biography brimming with past military heroism can be deceiving.

Shame on all those who have been silent—or, worse, supported the president’s agenda.

The migrant caravan Trump is so obsessed about is a direct result of US foreign policy.

Armed with data and outside-the-box ideas, TransitMatters is redefining citizen engagement.

Even in Trump country, pro-union sentiment is rising. But can labor and its allies turn that sentiment into power?

A nation that doesn't remember the people sent to fight on its behalf has no business sending more.

Guantánamo’s tainting of justice should, from early on, have served as a warning. Instead, it seems to have become a template for “justice” in the nation’s capital.

According to CNN and one of most widely-used research databases on police criminality, police in the U.S. received 1260 sexual assault charges in a nine-year period, including 405 rapes, 636 acts of sexual fondling and 219 acts of forcible sodomy.