Donna Brazile, the new head of the Democratic National Committee, seems to have leaked a primary debate question to the Clinton campaign, then falsely claimed she didn't.

In some parts of the US, women get fined, even jailed, if they won't press charges for domestic violence.

I am in favor of encouraging victims to testify, but this is not the way to do it.

The Oakland "housing cabinet", whose goal is to enable ordinary people poor people to remain in Oakland, includes the landlord who has the record for eviction notices in the city.

He's right, though, that the real solution is to build lots of housing. With too little place to live, people will compete for them, and that competition will inevitably have losers.

When zoning laws limit the amount of housing construction, in effect those who are locally on top (and expect to hold on to their housing) mistreat those locally who are worse-paid or precarious. I have no sympathy for this practice.

The Podesta Emails Show Who Runs America - And How They Do It.

The people participating in that discussion are not the ultimate masters -- the billionaires. Rather, the participants are the billionaires' fixers.

Massive use of GMO corn, cotton and soybeans in the US has not increased yields or reduced overall pesticide use.

What it has done, rather, is to enrich a few large companies that use their money to lobby our plutocratic government for unjust laws to cover up what they are doing.