The vice president is tantalizingly close to victory or a heart-breaking defeat. Either way, she’s used the campaign's final ...

Jonathan Alter takes us inside the hush money trial that made Donald Trump the first ex-president felon in American history.

Plus, the records of the two presidential candidates on immigration and voting rights, all in the October 31, 2024 newsletter ...

How deregulation and private equity have gutted the U.S. freight rail system—and with it, the promise of America’s industrial ...

The Supreme Court,” Frederick Douglass told a civil rights meeting in 1883, “is the autocratic point in our national ...

Both the Republican nominee and the Fuhrer couldn’t have come to power without the compliance of traditional conservatives.

Online sports gambling companies use sophisticated and deceptive techniques to exploit problem gamblers. The same ...

That’s where nonpartisan media and civic health organizations come in. They present fact-based reporting on the biggest ...

The alarms ought to be ringing. A GOP victory means gutting the Affordable Care Act and its Medicaid subsidies. Harris plans ...

Dobbs was a disaster. A national abortion ban would make it worse, but a MAGA White House could install judges ready to take ...

Inspectors general have fought for accountability in U.S. government for decades, with varying success. They will be prime ...

The system of checks and balances devised by the founders didn't envision all three branches being enthralled by a leader ...