The Big Budget Deal Isn’t Irresponsible
Fiscal scolds say the bipartisan agreement will irreparably damage the country. In truth, it will help those hurt the most by the Great Recession.
Fiscal scolds say the bipartisan agreement will irreparably damage the country. In truth, it will help those hurt the most by the Great Recession.
A look back at what the administration has accomplished in the region in the past year
Trump is forcing hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants to leave the U.S.—and he can, thanks to Congress.
For starters, she has neither policy expertise nor political experience.
The president has shown little interest in public works projects that help ordinary Americans.
How the Republican tax bill will resolve a decade-old Democratic fight
Why are schools still judged by the results of standardized tests?
The tax reform bill crowns a year’s worth of policies that will be difficult, perhaps even impossible, to reverse.
How Republicans undid so many of his accomplishments in a single year
In 2017, the party heeded Michelle Obama's motto, "When they go low, we go high"—and it paid off with critical victories early in the Trump era.
With the FCC dismantling the rules that safeguard an open internet, rural and low-income consumers are newly vulnerable to a lack of access.
How Trump is increasing the risk of nuclear war
Why the media shouldn’t be distracted by Trump’s attacks on them
Donald Trump’s contempt for American political institutions is only the latest chapter in a history of opportunistic attacks against them. This has been happening for decades.
The president's attacks on prominent blacks articulate an age-old vision of who does and doesn't belong in America.
The plight of Indonesian Christians living in New Hampshire and New Jersey reveals the deep roots of the current immigration regime.
"Chained CPI," the GOP's sneaky way of cutting Social Security, is back—and flying under the radar this time.
A diverse coalition necessarily includes warring factions, and civil wars help it evolve. Bring on the recriminations!
Under Obama, the U.S. handed over scores of damning historical documents to allies. But such outreach requires a deft, sensitive hand.
There can be no "compromise" with the false view of America's past from Trumpists and pop historians alike.