A group of 16 states has filed a lawsuit in a Northern California federal court against President Trump's declaration of a national... Read More

ne of the biggest takeaways from the 2016 election was the unmistakable political and intellectual malaise that had gripped movement... Read More

Byron Sigcho-Lopez is running for alderman in Chicago's twenty-fifth ward, which includes the rapidly gentrifiying Pilsen neighborhood and... Read More

In January, presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said she was open to eliminating the filibuster should Democrats win back the... Read More

I knew I was gay when I was eight years old, at least subconsciously. That was the first time I had that feeling, the one deep in my chest... Read More

The best presidents – including figures such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington – are celebrated not only as good leaders,... Read More

We live in an age of astonishing inequality. Income and wealth disparities in the United States have risen to heights not seen since the... Read More

As of late, Republicans insecure over allegations of anti-conservative bias have been all too anxious to regulate Big Tech. Indeed, Senator... Read More

If you want less of something, tax it more.That's exactly what a number of states and cities are doing to the internet — shackling it... Read More

The president has announced a state of emergency and, predictably, congressional Democrats,   and some Republicans, are outraged.... Read More

25 years in prison.That is the possible fate of seven Catholic anti-nuclear activists awaiting trial for their action on April 4, 2018 at the... Read More

We can certainly discuss whether Congress can do more to rein in presidential emergency powers. But the notion that Congress did not... Read More

When the news came last month that Nathan Glazer, 95, had died in Cambridge, I realized that I had never known life without this brilliant... Read More

"The most important political event of the twentieth century," wrote Irving Kristol in 1976, "is not the crisis of capitalism but the death... Read More

merica has a long and successful record of using the tax code to reward desirable social actions. Congress did this for VISTA and Peace Corps... Read More

Congratulations, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez! You just killed 25,000 jobs for urban Democrats in one of the most racially and ethnically diverse... Read More

Democrats are going full class warfare, bashing the rich for not paying their fair share of taxes, rigging the economy, and buying democracy.... Read More

fter spending the last 10 years debating border security—the last two of which were under unified GOP control—and then engaging... Read More

In January, Congress declined to allocate funds President Trump requested for a border wall. In response, he shut down the government for a... Read More

Republicans are gearing up to attack the Green New Deal — the latest effort by Democrats to address the growing climate crisis with a... Read More

Net neutrality was repealed over six months ago. But if no one had told you, would you have even noticed?The Federal Communications... Read More

Share to Twitter  © Getty ImagesOn Thursday, Congress passed a bipartisan spending bill, and in doing so averted another... Read More

These days, if you want to participate in society, you really just need one thing: a phone or an Internet connection. In other words,... Read More

In 1932, the League of Nations asked a number of intellectuals to confer with a peer of their choosing on a pressing matter of the day so... Read More

When you talk about corporations, many people imagine smoke-filled back rooms, whiskey glasses, and businessmen in the vein of Gordon Gekko... Read More

It's been more than two years since President Donald Trump, who rallied campaign supporters with calls to “drain the swamp” of... Read More