The "fiscal cliff" bill, which split House Republican leadership, also saw opposition from Dems in both chambers

Here's a history quiz to use with people you run into today: Ask them who ended slavery.

Before the electoral year of 2012 slinks into history, it is worth a comparative glance back to the electoral year of 1912 to give us some jolting perspective on how degraded our contemporary elections, voter performance and election expectations have become.

New documents prove what was once dismissed as paranoid fantasy: totally integrated corporate-state repression of dissent

December 29th marks the 122nd anniversary of the Massacre at Wounded Knee. It is a story that remains fresh in the lives of many indigenous peoples across America. Each generation is taught to never forget.