Claire McCaskill released her report on college sexual assault, and the findings are grim

The national survey found more than 40 percent of schools hadn't conducted a single rape investigation in 5 years

Recent data analysis from the Washington Post revealed that 45 percent of colleges with more than 1,000 students reported zero rape cases in 2012. Knowing what we do about the statistical preva ... Read more »

Right-wing “populism” is a joke: Poor-bashing, immigrant-hating and a revolting agenda

From Sarah Palin to Pat Buchanan, here's what it really means when they speak to "the American worker"

Writer John Judis presciently published an important book about American politics about a decade before its time called “The Paradox of American Democracy: Elites, Special Interests, and the Betrayal of the Public Trust” in which he accura ... Read more »

Phil Donahue’s vindication: Media icon unloads on Fox, Cheney and what happened at MSNBC

Legendary TV host was fired for opposing Iraq war. Here's how he feels seeing the return of those who got it wrong

As has been well-documented, and will hopefully long be taught in journalism schools nationwide, the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was not the American mainstream media’s finest hour. There are plenty of obvious examples — Judith Miller’s reporting for the New York Times, &n ... Read more »

It was good to hear President Obama say that reining in Wall Street’s high-risk behavior is an “unfinished piece of business.” It would be even better if this observation were quickly followed by action — the kind of concrete action he can take immediately, with or without Congress’s cooperation.

The president made his remarks in an interview with host Kai Ryssdal on public broadcasting’s Marke ... Read more »

Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, speaks at a news conference, Sept. 20, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Numerous reports have emerged that after the 9/11 attacks, various government agencies responded by treating all Muslims as suspect.

In April, the NYPD suspended what the ACLU described as a 12-year program of “suspic ... Read more »