Department of Agriculture approves first cultivated meat for sale in US
Cultured meat will Initially be used in two restaurants.
Trump’s stance on climate change is a gift to China
America's whiplash-inducing reversal on climate change is China’s gain. Here's why.
The state of our disunion
This grotesque imbalance is undermining American democracy.
Illinois introduces Clean Energy Jobs Act – could make the state America’s clean energy...
“We need the benefits of clean energy to reach all 102 counties in Illinois as we put Illinois on a path to 100% clean energy by 2050.”
Ayatollah Trump: The global rise of the Christian right
Islamic extremism gets all the press, but Trump is just one of a growing number of Christian extremists in positions of political power.
Protests planned nationwide as vote on FCC’s ‘catastrophic’ plan to kill net neutrality looms
Open internet supporters are demanding that lawmakers answer a simple question: "Do you stand for your constituents' ability to communicate and connect, or do you stand for Verizon's bottom line?"
Bringing workers’ rights into a Constitution? An innovative state ballot proposal could offer a...
A Nov. 8 referendum will give Illinois voters the opportunity to enact a “Workers’ Rights Amendment” to the state constitution.
The Populist Insurgency is Ratcheting Up
The Bernie movement created a hopeful, formidable and growing populist political channel that is both insistently democratic and independent of the Democratic Party.
‘We need the largest voter turnout’: Sanders takes his campaign to Chicago
“If we’re gonna beat Trump, we need the largest voter turnout in the nation and it looks like Grant Park today.”
What’s really at stake in a politically charged Supreme Court case on elections
Moore v. Harper could transform the law—but not in the way that many pundits, or even politicians, anticipate.