The recent fight over the speakership proved the point yet again: Today’s Republican Party is driven by egos and power rivalries, not ideas. The GOP once had ideas—lots of them. The problem was that they were unpopular and bad.

The rise of “Lean In”–style feminism—and the women who fought for a better alternative

“For them, chaos is the point. But we have choices in response.”

“The Philosophy of Modern Song” was never going to offer a systematic analysis of great music.

Republicans are royally pissed off about asset management firms with social and environmental commitments. The firms really only care about the bottom line. In this new climate fight, we all lose.

He fell from favor after the disaster of the Iraq War. But he was always biding his time.

Years after their leader’s death, Larouchies are still pushing their fascist politics.

Explaining the midterms to Machiavelli

At first glance, Democratic performance in last year’s House races was great. But a close look under the hood reveals that, with a few smarter moves and a little more luck, we’d have Speaker Jeffries.

From Stanford to Silicon Valley, a small town in California spread tech’s gospel of data and control.

The new Democratic governor is setting a moderate tone for her early days in office, but trouble is already brewing with the state GOP.

Inside the progressive flank’s plans to regroup under the Republican House

See how well you tell apart the fabulists from “Seinfeld” and Congress.

The great grand strategist of the Cold War believed he failed in his most important task.

Media coverage of campus speech controversies focuses almost solely on elite, coastal schools. But what about the rest of the country? A report from an array of higher education institutions nationwide

The Texas-based group 40 Days for Life has brought its aggressive tactics to more than 1,000 cities in 65 countries.

A new biography traces Rhys’s life of self-sabotage, excess, and devotion to art.