When it comes to gay marriage or any other civil right, no minority should have their rights subject to the biases of the majority.

The controversy around the humble penny illustrates the challenges of getting public spending under control.

Nearly 20 percent of the global oil trade passes through its narrow waterway.

Ghonim, who's at the intersection of Middle East democracy and online activism, cautions observers against second-guessing their support.

Losing the occupiers means losing the visual symbol of Occupy Wall Street.

Three decades later, Americans are still waiting for the EPA to fulfill its promise on examining dioxins in our food supply.

Why don't we put the same pressure on politicians as we did on Komen?

The omnipresent Susan G. Komen Foundation has pulled its grants for breast-cancer screenings from Planned Parenthood.

A new app brings a far-reaching global event down to earth.

The senator who believes heterosexual sex can't result in HIV transmission is now banned from a Knoxville eatery.

Rick Santorum's way of thinking about education is both outdated and dangerous.

The White House has big plans for a new idea to funnel private money into social work.

A new bill in the New Hampshire legislature is sadly reminiscent of some of America's ugliest history.

A good-natured experiment in Massachusetts' Senate race is making PACs look even worse than they already do.

GOOD designs a 100-percent U! S! A! cocktail for Stephen Colbert.

"Hope and Change: Redux" has officially begun.

Romney's fortune isn't the point-—it's that he'd cut his own taxes in half as president.