America’s $38 trillion national debt isn’t really because of bad math or budgeting, top economist Barry Eichengreen says. It ...

In conversation with KPBS, journalist Osita Nwanevu argues that the United States is not a true democracy and needs to ...

Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day political debates, has become essentially ...

The U.S. government is due to lumber back to life on Thursday after the longest shutdown in U.S. history snarled air traffic, ...

Many are looking to Tuesday’s odd-year election as a bellwether for the 2026 midterm elections, to determine if the electoral ...

You might be imagining someone who takes their time considering the candidates and their positions on the issues, who generally has faith in the political system, who sometimes votes for Republicans ...

The American Bar Association has condemned recent federal prosecutorial actions that appear to be politically motivated, ...

We asked readers whether young Americans today can still have a better life than their parents. They responded with stories ...

But either way – responding to crisis or finding a public change of heart – is a reminder that voters are the ultimate arbiters in a functioning democracy. Today, as in late-19th-century America, ...

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged warring Afghan sides to seize the opportunity to strike a peace deal at ...