Michael Cohen will soon testify before Congress about his work for Donald Trump. But the hearing's subject goes far…
In the US, black children wait longer to be adopted and cost less to adopt than white children.
With ExxonMobil set to begin oil production in Guyana next year, this tiny South American country will soon become unthinkably…
CNN has just announced it has hired a former Trump administration official to help direct political coverage. A storm of…
Iraq beat the Islamic State. Now, its Shia government is jailing and even executing all suspected terrorists – most of…
The majority of US state legislatures are controlled by Republicans because legislative districts are drawn to favor them.…
The National Death Penalty Archive collects documents and paraphernalia behind the thousands of executions that have taken…
Cuban exiles in the US may soon be able to sue companies that use property seized from them in the Cuban revolution. If…
Will the public ever see a report from Robert Mueller's investigation of possible collusion between the Trump campaign…
Virginia's stark political contradictions, reflecting centuries of racism and a new liberal majority, were on display…
The US has supported a Saudi-led military coalition that has inflicted profound and deadly damage on Yemen. A Senate vote…
History shows that Congress can play an important role in checking a president's power.
These shipments are rarely just about saving lives.
Henry W. Grady wanted to promote northern investment in the South – and he was willing to ignore lynchings and the exploitation…
The public was shocked by the blackface image on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook page. But if blackface is now…
Despite impassioned pleas for gun control legislation after 2018's mass shooting at a Florida high school, Congress…
Relying only on sanctions against North Korea may not be a productive way to get the country to give up its nuclear arms.…
As Congress and President Trump struggle to devise a coherent immigration policy along the US southern border, there are…
The government shutdown provided a short-term version of what some activists have long wanted: A government small enough…
American politics has gotten more partisan in the last 50 years. One of the reasons: the closing of local newspapers.