Mother Jones

While mainstream media news cycles have been dominated by political sex scandals, important global stories have gone under-reported.

House Republicans passed a bill yesterday afternoon that would require the Obama administration to expand offshore oil and gas drilling.

One year after the worst oil spill in U.S. history began, key questions about its environmental impact remain unanswered.

How will the next generation of seniors pay for health care if Republicans privatize Medicare? The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) suggests some options in a darkly funny ad.

The super rich are different from you and me. For one thing, their tax rates are lower.

Four months after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) supposedly settled the issue, the battle over Net neutrality is still raging.

In Washington, the environment is under attack. The cost-cutting deal that the House passed yesterday stripped the Environmental Protection Agency of $1.6 billion.

Congressional leaders and U.S. President Barack Obama reached an 11th hour budget deal on Friday, to fund the government for the rest of the 2011 fiscal year and avert a government shutdown for now.

The Republicans are poised to unveil a model budget on Tuesday that would effectively end Medicare by privatizing it, Steve Benen reports in the Washington Monthly.

Last week, the New York Times debuted a long-awaited paywall, and stats blogger Nate Silver used the launch as an opportunity to explore the value of a news organization.