Capitol Hill

“Thelma and Louise,” Waylon Jennings: The best fiscal cliff tweets

Journalists and commentators offer nuggets of humor and confusion as a deal is not nigh

Natasha Lennard Topics: Twitter, Fiscal cliff, Capitol Hill, Barack Obama, Comedy, Economics

Campaign finance should be transparent. Sadly, the institutions designed to insure this are completely paralyzed

Steven Rosenfeld, Alternet Topics: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Campaign Finance, AlterNet, Campaign Finance Reform, Capitol Hill

Racial and sexual discrimination claims have increased over the last five years, according to a new report

Jillian Rayfield Topics: U.S. Congress, Racism, Discrimination, Capitol Hill, Sexism

Washington, D.C., has always had a tortured relationship with baseball -- until now

Ryan Bloom, The American Prospect Topics: Major League Baseball, Capitol Hill, Washington Nationals, D.C., Washington, The American Prospect, Politics, Baseball