Dark irony: The massive institutions responsible for our isolation trying to fix it with a cutesy hashtag

The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs."

The author of "Going up the River" says that the booming private-prison industry is due for a bust.

The Cupertino tech giant is arguably better at dodging taxes than building iPhones

An eleventh-hour loophole in the "fiscal cliff" deal confirms our worst suspicions about how Congress operates

"Political manipulation of science — this is exactly what so many of us were worried about"

From parking spots to reservations, scalping apps are giving rich people what they want, when they want it

The growing success of our Asian rival shows that we are no longer willing to invest in our own future

Passionate hoo-ha about intellectual property: Readers respond to Andrew Leonard's "Music Rules."

U.S. taxpayers have already paid for the research and testing of the most promising treatments

A new report about companies' finances won't just enrage you -- it'll make you run to the nearest protest

Sanders condemned the rail industry for trying to pressure workers into conditions he calls "unacceptable"

Richard Branson has pledged $3 billion for environmental causes. Can big-name philanthropy combat climate change?

Mitt's use of subsidies and tax loopholes at Bain directly contradicts his "free market" ideals

Before World War II, soldiers died more often of disease than of battle injuries