Critics of former San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin claimed that unseating him would make the city safer. Did it work?

In the quaint, well-to-do worlds of her novels, anyone could be guilty. Murderers kill to beat the social order at its own game.

In fact, some of them have even suggested committing violence against his wife, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Like his pals Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, Sacks is using his wealth and online clout to unite conservatives and former leftists in a reactionary movement against liberalism.

It’s one of the oldest moves in the GOP’s campaign playbook: When in doubt, blow the racial dog whistle. But is it as effective as Democrats fear?

Mandela Barnes once had the lead in the Wisconsin Senate race. That has vanished. Can he get suburban women to think about abortion instead of race?

Only the hardiest of souls can represent this former president. Are you up for the challenge?

Bari Weiss and other self-anointed defenders of free speech used the author’s stabbing to accuse the left of rhetorical excess—and ignored the very relevant scourge of book-banning by the American right.

Summer murders are a perennial problem that conservatives, despite their rhetoric, are uniquely ill-equipped to solve.

Conservatives are complaining that the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago was an egregious abuse of power. But the former president is just a Florida Man now.

The Infowars host and conspiracy monger is getting exactly what he deserves. A jury this week hit him with $50 million in damages—and the punishment has only just begun.

Crime is real. Democrats should work to fight it. But caving in to fearmongering from the right isn’t the way to do it.

The state’s tenth-richest guy was up—sort of—against the state’s richest guy. Then the richest guy moved to Florida. What now?

Most members of the Congressional Black Caucus agree that the ban is a great move. So why is Al Sharpton taking the side of R.J. Reynolds?

With Congress in gridlock, the administration will rely on executive orders—and a new ATF director—to deliver a win on firearm safety.

Hate crimes of all kinds, and against all kinds of people, are still far too prevalent in American society. And they are massively underreported.

Why did William F. Buckley campaign to free Edgar Smith?

John Darnielle’s new novel, “Devil House,” probes the moral implications of investigating a cold case.

The proposed reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act would allow tribal authorities to prosecute non-Native offenders for crimes against women and children.

Police unions, the retail lobby, and other critics of criminal justice reform have seized on viral images of package theft and shoplifting to push for a rollback of California’s efforts to reduce its prison population.