With scores of coastal residents out of work after the spill, BP is hiring inmates to clean up its mess—and getting lucrative tax breaks in the process.

While the middle class disappears and more Americans fall into poverty, the wealthiest people in our country are using their wealth and political power to protect their privileged status at everyone else's expense.

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Comission finally won the right to be represented in major meetings at the United Nations—once the US mission showed some muscle on the organization's behalf.

Most coverage of the allegations against Al Gore has given us permission to giggle when what we need is a sober dose of reality.

Conservative housewives have the same desire for power and respect that liberal women do. No wonder women comprise half of the Tea Party movement.