The Alabama Senate race and the tax bill represent the death throes of what was billed as a new path for the Republican Party.

Donald Trump's first year in office can best be seen as an all-out assault by the rich against the rest.

The bill will become a powerful tool for Democrats to enact big ideas like free college and universal health care.

Thanks to Roy Moore, Republicans are under increased pressure to pass a bill quickly. But the math just isn't working.

How the president undermines Republicans’ traditional economic arguments

"Chained CPI," the GOP's sneaky way of cutting Social Security, is back—and flying under the radar this time.

The godfather of supply-side economics and inventor of the "Laffer Curve" is largely discredited by his peers, but revered by Trump and the GOP.

Elizabeth Warren and her brainchild, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, provide a roadmap for the left to make antitrust reform a reality.

The ousting of a Google critic at the New America Foundation shows how donors have corrupted Washington's policy and research institutes.

His new book is a fascinating guide to non-fiction. But today's economy makes it hard for many writers to replicate his success.

How the party treats Trump’s pick for antitrust enforcement will speak volumes about its commitment to fighting corporate consolidation.

Progressives are wielding their wallets to fight Trump. But there are limits and dangers to harnessing consumer activism for political change.

The class responsible for the lucrative rush to war can literally buy its way out of annihilation, thanks to the boom in luxury bunkers.

Nancy MacLean discusses her new book about James McGill Buchanan, who helped shape the modern right’s antipathy toward democracy itself.

Trump and his enablers brazenly claim the GOP plan isn't a massive cut to Medicaid—and they just might get away with it long enough to screw millions of poor Americans.

In an interview, political scientist Lee Drutman explains how economic issues took a backseat in the 2016 election.

The acquisition of Whole Foods reveals the e-commerce giant’s ambitions to literally be the Everything Store.