America's promise to "Support the Troops" ends the moment they take off the uniform and try to make the transition to civilian life.

In 1999 the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that "Estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) indicate that in 1999 persons 12 years of age or older experienced about 791,210 violent crimes by a current or former spouse, boyfriend

VIDEO:If you're going to put a ribbon on your car, how about a black one to show that you mourn those killed and injured, you oppose the war, and you oppose having our military hijacked by a gang of treasonous thieves.

Corporate power is waning, health reform is gaining ground and a climate-friendly economy is on the horizon. Will change finally happen?

Last week, the Bush administration extended the illegal and reckless plan allowing unsafe trucks from Mexico on our highways for another two years. Those plans are nothing short of illegal.

How pathetic is it to watch John McCain struggle to accept Barack Obama as an accomplished legislator? Time and time again, throughout this campaign, McCain has insisted on portraying his Democratic rival for the presidency as anything but

"In layman's terms, we've gone from being screwed to being f*&!ed. Who knows -- maybe Barack Obama will surprise us if he wins the election. But if you look at the money, it doesn't look good."

It's the same old story: Money talks, and bullshit walks. And don't be surprised if we're the ones still walking after November.

The ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee said the U.S. government is headed toward bankruptcy if it stays on its current fiscal course. "We know that for a fact. "All the actuaries, all the objective scorekeepers of the federal government,

The murders you heard about, of civil rights protesters and activists and innocents, were the murders that made the local papers or caught the attention of northern reporters. But there were other casualties that never made the paper ...