In a Democracy Now! exclusive interview, we speak with Andrew Stepanian, an animal rights activist who was jailed at a secretive prison known as a Communication Management Unit, or CMU. Stepanian is believed to be the first prisoner released from a CMU...

Reporting from Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered the new Legislature into work on its first day, declaring a fiscal emergency in response to the state's deteriorating finances.

Democratic candidate Barack Obama, and Republican candidate John McCain, are both pulling together to apply pressure upon Congress for a bipartisan financial rescue. They were supportive of this issue, but disagreed about the proper path to the solution.

We thirst for leadership, vision, someone who can speak to us in a way that refuses to avert its eyes from the crisis but shines a light of truth upon the problem, then offers hope and possible solutions...The 9/11 of the economy? In the hands of idiots?

Joy tells Larry that Palin is "very mean to animals," aerial-killing wolves and caribou and suing the Bush administration to remove polar bears from the Endangered Species list.

An exploding ethics scandal in the Minerals Management Service, an Interior Department sub-agency located outside Denver, is bringing lots of unwanted attention to the arm of the government that collects collects oil and gas royalties. Read all about it.

I have to admit that the up-coming election had not gotten me very excited. I have not been worshipping at the alter of the Obamassiah. The American elections always leave me feeling nauseated over a choice between a Republicrat and a Demopublican.

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Land, Water and Wildlife Act Now to Protect America's Endangered Animals! The Bush administration has proposed new rules that would weaken our nation's landmark Endangered Species Act. Help us fight back. August 12

Over 6 weeks have passed now since masked units with drawn guns have stormed into my flat, searched everything, put the dog that was living with me into an animal shelter and finally arrested me. Only bit by bit i realized the extent of those massive