New York City Comptroller Liu proposes legalization and regulated sale of marijuana.

His report estimates the city could save $31 million a year by legalizing sale of marijuana, and bring in $400 million a year by taxing it to keep the price the same.

That's without counting all the other benefits, in the form of decreased repression and lives not ruined.

Senators Sanders and Boxer propose a law that would really do something to curb global heating.

Bloomberg wants to install electronic locks on New York City public housing. This means that the doors will record who enters and when, and deliver this info to the state.

Oh, he also proposed fingerprinting the residents.

Four questions the next chairman of the Federal Reserve should have to answer.

Bradley Manning's Statement: A Forced "Confession" Concludes A Drumhead Tribunal.

The defense witnesses tried to show that his heroic leaks were an error that he made because he was unable to think clearly.