Over the last decade, the right did not play defense or push for only what was “winnable.” They created a radical vision, the ...

On December 6, President Donald J. Trump sat in the Oval Office at the Resolute desk, surrounded by Dominionist worship leaders who laid their hands on him and commenced to pray. While most in the ...

The longstanding question of whether police are racially biased was put front and center by the events in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014—and, more recently, by those in Baton Rouge and Falcon ...

As the Democratic field for the 2020 presidential campaign begins to fill out, we begin to sense that the next election will be pivotal for two reasons. The first and more obvious one involves whether ...

The privilege against self-incrimination was initially developed in English law, and was well established by the end of the seventeenth century. In the United States, the Fifth Amendment provides this ...

While today’s America is fiercely divided over ideological differences, a notable exception is how both the Left and the Right buy into similar myths about U.S. social policy. This is particularly ...

Since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Democratic primary victory in New York’s 14th Congressional District, the question of how to pay for ambitious progressive programs such as universal health care and a ...

It was the spring of 2018, and our small but relentless posse of pro-immigration reform House Republicans had had enough. Throughout the entire 115th Congress, we had asked Speaker Paul Ryan and other ...

The national security insiders gathered at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House Wednesday afternoon were restless. In less than a week, Donald Trump had aimed a kick at every pillar of ...

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The co-author of an important new book talks about her research, the current crisis, and whether we can turn it into an opportunity.

In The New York Times, American Affairs editor Julius Krein made a splash by denouncing Donald Trump, a candidate and President he’d supported for years. Some are pointing to this turnabout as a ...