Why Did U.S. Spend $43 Million To Build A Single Gas Station In Afghanistan?

The revelation marks the latest example of wild, ill-conceived overspending on projects that have come at an exorbitant cost to U.S. taxpayers.

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The One Guy Who Can Fix Politics Is the One Guy Democrats Won't Let You Hear About

Lawrence Lessig is all about clean, fair, functioning government, so naturally he's viewed as public enemy number one by our dirty, rigged, dysfunctional politicians – and on Monday he dropped out of the presidential race.

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Civil Rights Groups Tackle Illegal Bail Schemes As More Poor People Fill Jails

The Supreme Court and the Justice Department have both said that incarcerating someone solely because they can't afford to post cash bail is unconstitutional, but that was the policy in Ascension Parish until just a few weeks ago.

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Blue Canary In the Coal Mine: Why Is Twitter Rolling Out New Censorship Tools?

To many, the Internet is seen as a largely unregulated open marketplace of ideas and speech, where absent any outright violations of law, violations of website terms of service (TOS), or statements made in a directly dangerous and threatening way, comm

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R.I.P. Middle Class: Half Of American Workers Make Less Than $30,000

As a nation we are flat broke and most of us are living paycheck to paycheck.

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UK Lawmakers Revolt, Britain Up In Arms Over Proposed Cuts to Tax Credit Benefits

For the first time in a century, the House of Lords voted down a financial package approved by the House of Commons – as the Green Party's Jenny Jones said, "the proposed changes to tax credits were another example of Tory economic illiteracy."

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Senate Passes Cybersecurity Bill With Huge Privacy Flaws – A Backdoor to Surveillance

Privacy advocates demanded Congress kill or reform a bill they say hides new government surveillance mechanisms in the guise of security protections – but the Senate passed CISA on Tuesday.

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"Yes, I Lied": Star Chevron Witness Busted for Perjury In Ecuadorian Amazon Pollution Case

Chevron has taken the people of Ecuador and the U.S. court system on a ride, full of lies, deliberate delay, and obstruction of justice.

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Fueled By Protests, Trade Justice Movement Seeks To Overturn Trans-Pacific Partnership

At its root, the TPP is about modern colonialism. And it’s not too late to stop it.

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Economists Agree With Most Americans: Raise Taxes on the 1%

What could a tax-the-rich plan actually achieve? As it turns out, quite a lot, experts say.

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