Matt Ford

Missouri is poised to lose its last abortion provider, increasing the large swath of the country where the nearest clinic is impossibly far for poor and rural women.

Robert Mueller extinguished any hope of further revelations from the Trump investigation—and put Congress on the spot.

The Supreme Court might buy the president's twisted legal theories, but the lower courts see more clearly.

They're scared that trying to remove him would backfire, but they're taking the wrong lessons from the past—and ignoring voters' wishes in the present.

Democrats could fund their ambitious policies if the agency enforced tax laws fairly, rather than targeting the poor more than the rich.

While Washington debates Trump's legal maneuvers, his administration is committing acts of cruelty that dwarf impeachable offenses.

The far right fears nothing more than public humiliation.

Passing a federal law to enshrine Roe v. Wade would require control of the White House and Congress—and approval from the Supreme Court.

If America is becoming a monarchy, it's not Trump who's king.

The prosecution of the Patriots owner, and his recent legal victories, reveal deep flaws in the U.S. criminal justice system.

Not yet, anyway. And American democracy faces a bigger problem than Trump's abuses of power.

The internet-savvy entrepreneur has some good ideas—and some questionable ones.

Cities are increasingly punishing people who have nowhere to go—and few Americans, including Democrats, seem to care.

Trump absolved a former soldier who was convicted of murdering an Iraqi man. It's not the only time the president was swayed by Fox News.

John Kelly is the latest former official to cash in on his experience working for a corrupt and immoral administration.

With the Russia investigation over, and an obsequious attorney general in his corner, the president may be truly unleashed.

After Attorney General Bill Barr’s misleading portrayal of the Russia investigation, it's critical that the special counsel testify to Congress.

What the sentencing of Tiffany Moss, who starved her stepdaughter to death, tells us about capital punishment in 2019

Another four years of Trump will widen the conservative tilt of the Supreme Court. So why aren't the Democratic candidates talking about it?

The former vice president has been renouncing much of his past, leaving little of his record to run on.