Huey Long's 1930s power grab offers a chilling precedent for today’s authoritarian threats from Donald Trump.

In 2023, during the Biden years, hard-right Texas Governor Greg Abbott claimed that his state was being “invaded” and the state constitution empowered him to place buoy barriers in the Rio ...

“Facts don’t care about your feelings” is a maxim popularized by the conservative commentator Ben Shapiro. As I don’t expect rigorous fact-checking from Shapiro and his far-right content ...

Donald Trump’s recent efforts to seize Harvard’s patents and militarize DC show how the president is leaving no avenue untouched in his bid for absolute power.

Donald Trump’s recent efforts to seize Harvard’s patents and militarize DC show how the president is leaving no avenue untouched in his bid for absolute power.

Donald Trump’s and allies are accused of a coverup surrounding the Epstein files and cutting a secret deal with Ghislaine Maxwell ...

Rebuilding state capacity requires a renaissance of civic participation that abundance advocates too often view as an obstacle.

Trump’s tariffs cost taxpayers far more than his income tax cuts save them. Repealing them offers Dems a chance to deliver a major tax cut.

Trump’s efforts to seize Harvard’s patents and militarize DC show how he is leaving no avenue untouched in his bid for absolute power.

Zohran Mamdani’s rise in New York politics meets Ross Barkan’s take on Democratic rifts, Gaza, and the city’s shifting left ...

My father was an undercover Memphis police officer when the civil rights leader was killed. Why release the Martin Luther King Jr. files now?

Brian Shearer is the director of competition and regulatory policy at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator. He was previously assistant director for policy planning and strategy at the Consumer ...