It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration.
What some of us believe is that it is possible that if chemicals are related to Gulf War illness that some of the more severe symptoms may not erupt until 10 or 20 years down the line.
As a result of the digital age and the decline of first-class mail, there is no question that the Postal Service must change and develop a new business model.
Election days come and go. But the struggle of the people to create a government which represents all of us and not just the one percent - a government based on the principles of economic, social, rac...
Any objective observer will conclude that - based on her ideas and her leadership - Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States.
Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and use that money for human needs.
If the goal of health-care reform is to provide comprehensive, universal health care in a cost-effective way, the only honest approach is a single-payer approach.
People don't trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons.
Clinton understands that climate change is real, is caused by human activity and is one of the great environmental crises facing our planet. She knows that we must transform our energy system away fro...
These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.
While I may not agree with all of President Obama's energy policies, I strongly supported his successful effort to double fuel economy standards for cars and trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.
If we are serious about moving toward energy independence in a cost-effective way, we should invest in solar energy. If we are serious about cutting air and water pollution and reducing greenhouse gas...
Look, if you have somebody who doesn't have health insurance, who doesn't have a doctor or dentist, and in order to deal with their cold or flu or dental problem, they go to an emergency room - in gen...
Good environmental policy is good economic policy.
In 2009, UnitedHealth, a leading insurance company, paid $350 million to settle lawsuits brought by the American Medical Association and other physician groups for shortchanging consumers and physicia...
Every working family in America knows how hard it is today to find affordable childcare or early childhood education.
The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt.
For too long, unfunded federal mandates have drained the budgets of states and communities. The strength and vitality of our communities must be restored.
The history of American democracy, to say the least, has been checkered. Our nation was founded at a time when people of African descent were held in bondage. After slavery was abolished, they were fo...