While the bill that just survived the Senate is a whittled-down version of the Build Back Better Act, it still puts the Democratic party on a promising new path.

Time to put the kibosh on all this corporate talk about how workers have to sacrifice their labor market leverage to fight inflation.

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

Ayman Al Zawahiri was a craven terrorist, but projecting strength should also mean standing up to autocrats. Biden can start by securing the release of U.S. citizen Asim Ghafoor, who was detained in UAE.

Why can’t Democrats deliver the steep tax increases on corporations and the rich that voters demand?

While the bill will fall short of the Biden administration’s ambitious climate goals, the fact that it will include climate provisions of any kind is an unexpected surprise.

The ruling party was set to be slaughtered in the 2022 midterm elections—then the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and Senators Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin struck a deal.

Embracing the Senate minority leader’s bare knuckle tactics gets results.

The Fed raised interest rates again on Wednesday to combat inflation, and the Commerce Department’s GDP number on Thursday could further fuel fears of a recession. Here’s how to make sense of it all.

Two recent speeches from Donald Trump and Mike Pence reveal a lot about the state of the GOP.

The authoritarian demagogue, who is lagging in polls ahead of October’s election, has been laying the groundwork for a threat to democracy that could make January 6 look tame.

On Fox News and in other corners of the right, the president’s illness was an excuse to spike the football—and spread misinformation about the vaccine.

Simply declaring an emergency wouldn’t solve this problem. The Biden administration has long hesitated to back serious policies for a livable planet.

Desperate to save his domestic agenda, the president damaged his foreign policy.

There’s no way a guy who helped foment a coup attempt can be covered like a normal presidential candidate.

The president may be polling terribly, but the party’s struggle to find fresh blood is as big a concern.

Eight years ago, I didn’t believe America was becoming a wealth aristocracy. Now I’m not so sure.

Unless the president reinvigorates his depressed and distressed base, his sinking poll numbers will sink him.

For years, Roe kept a reluctant party unified on abortion. Now that it’s gone, liberals must reclaim the core principles of Justice Harry Blackmun’s ruling.

I spoke with Senator Debbie Stabenow, the architect of the law’s mental health care provisions, to understand how it happened—and what it can teach us about policy reform.