The right has played hardball, and the aftermath may serve them up a twisted brew of real socialists, Republican haters, and ...

Jeff Flake is serious and principled, the kind of leader I would prefer in the Republican Party. But Donald Trump is the ...

At least 111 people have been killed in the flash floods that swept through Central Texas last week. Officials fear that the ...

The percentage of people who view the United States favorably has declined compared to one year ago, according to Pew ...

An end to austerity, improving the lives of working people across the country and strong international leadership are just ...

Trump’s bill gives him vast new law enforcement resources. Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg reflects on what the coming ...

Classifying parties as populist Although experts generally agree that populist political leaders or parties display high levels of anti-elitism, ...

In contrast to New York voters favoring a "democratic socialist," Californians chose Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and other moderate Democrats.

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Much of USAID’s success in saving 25 million lives from HIV/AIDS, acknowledged by bipartisan majorities in Congress, is ...

This alliance would erase America as we know it. The Global Power Trio with a Terrifying Plan A leading academic warns that three of the world’s most controversial leaders, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, ...

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