From George Washington to Simón Bolívar, magnetic leaders built modern democracies. They also broke them.

A new documentary and a new book about the disgraced pedophile only gesture at the upper-crust social milieu that tolerated his crimes.

If our ex-presidents couldn’t solve America’s problems while they were in office, what good are they in this current crisis?

Curtis Sittenfeld’s novel “Rodham” imagines an alternative world in which Hillary never marries Bill.

The pandemic has offered a brief respite from policies that force people to work to “deserve” basic support like food stamps. We can’t go back.

More than half a million SNAP recipients are on the edge of losing access to the crucial food safety net—just as they need it most.

What a 2008 photo tells us about American political life in 2019

Bill Clinton isn't the only one who deserves blame for turning America into a carceral state.

Samantha Power did not set out to justify war.

Republicans have long made callous excuses for depriving poor Americans of this vital benefit. This administration has concocted a few of its own.

They believe democracy is best left to the experts.

At the anniversary celebration of NATO's bombing campaign, Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright were guests of honor. But tensions between Kosovo and Serbia are on the rise again.

The Justice Department has never prosecuted a president after he leaves office. Kamala Harris wants to change that. What could go wrong?

Democratic leaders are learning the wrong lessons from recent history.

Trump accuses Pelosi of choosing investigation over legislation, but compared to the president, Democrats are masters at multitasking.

For Democrats in 2020, energizing and expanding the base will bring in far more votes than moving right to grab a vanishingly small psychographic.

What Conrad Black’s pardon reveals about the president's crimes.

On the mournful threads connecting Joe Biden’s half-century in politics

The Democratic frontrunner’s campaign is pitched to white folks who have fled the party. Sound familiar?

The revelations about Trump's taxes prove he was a grifter and a fraud, a braggart and a blowhard. In other words, he was the same man he is today.