Jim Smalley

In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to downsize its prisons because of overcrowding.

Partisanship is more powerful than science, even for conservative environmentalists. They don’t buy warnings about an existential crisis.

It’s a special live episode from USC Gould School of Law!

Hollywood's triumph in the global culture wars is a serious cause for concern at a time in which conglomerates and uniformity reign, argues French scholar Violaine Roussel.

What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic. It’s not just glacial melting and rising seas, but rising temperatures mean trouble for plants and animals.

But will they hold him in contempt of Congress?

Even the Wild West had gun control. Most Americans want it now--especially kids afraid of school shootings.

The U.S. government’s attack on the WikiLeaks founder covers up a menacing assault on the First Amendment, argues journalist Bruce Shapiro.

Democrats are divided: impeachment now or further investigations? Top aides don’t do what the president tells them.