These are merely the latest examples of the mounting pressure on the American political system. A recent New York Times/Siena ...

Politics isn’t working for most Americans. Our government can’t keep the lights on. The cost of living continues to rise. Our ...

It's been nearly two weeks since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on a Utah college campus in broad daylight. Since then, Americans of every political stripe have pointed the finger ...

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 ...

Workers at a Ford plant in Michigan, 1920s. (Getty Images) The relationship between capitalism and democracy in America isn’t always easy—and it has been that way since 1776. After the American ...

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

Few developments have mattered so much, for so many people, as the global rise of democracy. Three hundred years ago, virtually no one lived in a democracy. As recently as the 1940s, at the darkest ...

We asked readers whether young Americans today can still have a better life than their parents. They responded with stories of economic hardship and growing disillusionment with leaders in Washington.