A Jeb Bush donor writes that rich people are necessary for a functioning democracy because... well, just because

America's highest court will be debating and deciding on the possibility of dismantling decades of progressive law

A new EPA proposal would allow third parties to catch methane "super emitters" red handed

2016 was the year the impacts of rising carbon pollution became impossible to ignore

Forget Trump's anti-corruption rhetoric — he's out to stack the courts with judges who love money in politics

Trump and his top economic adviser falsely said that their new tax plan won't benefit the rich — it will

The president's cabinet may want you to believe that tax reform won't help them, but that's most likely untrue

As a warming planet brings economic tensions to a boil, following the money can reveal some critical stories

With super PACs the pol can shrug and say: “Not my doing. It’s the super PAC that’s slinging the mud”

How developing countries' 30-year battle for "loss and damage" funding culminated in a new agreement in Egypt.

A misanthropic view of humanity guides the tech aristocracy — and it's trickled into their vision of the future

The election of Donald Trump will likely define the 2010s, but a single day in January set his rise into motion

In the age of Trump, everything is for sale

Artist Albert Robida imagined in 1882 how air travel might look in future.

The self-styled super-patriots in the GOP praised veterans -- then cut their healthcare funding.