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.

His economic policies, like a potential tax on imports from Mexico, would most hurt the very voters he claims to champion.

China is now closer to the international norm on issues like trade, climate change, and Israel-Palestine. Is this the end of American dominance?

He's obsessed with winning over Trump voters—and it's making him an ineffective leader of the progressive opposition.

The new conventional wisdom is that Democrats need to woo white working class voters who have been hurt by globalization. Not so fast, some say.

The bestselling author of "Hillbilly Elegy" has emerged as the liberal media's favorite white trash–splainer. But he is offering all the wrong lessons.

The Eastern Plains of Colorado have gone Republican for decades. But will farmers and ranchers who rely on global markets vote for Donald Trump?