It’s true—our entitlement programs face bankruptcy. The Republicans’ ideas are nonsense. Here’s what the Democrats should say.

You’d never suspect it from their reactions to Biden’s State of the Union. But here’s the proof.

Okay, Dark Brandon, you go.

Republicans have been publicly proclaiming their intention to take the economy hostage for a long while. There may not be time to stop them now.

The most important politician to ever hail from Nevada, the late senator never forgot his hardscrabble beginnings and the promises he made to the American people.

Why are residents of the island commonwealth denied certain federal benefits that are given to U.S. citizens nearly everywhere else? The justices have decided to take up that question.

Thousands of people have been suffering a slew of crazy postinfection syndromes for months—and there’s no end in sight.

The United States has two speeds when it comes to older people: sycophancy for the powerful, contempt for everyone else.

Her nomination to the Supreme Court isn’t just about overturning Roe. It’s about redefining womanhood.

The vast, hidden inequities of the civil legal system

America’s gerontocratic voters helped put the president in office, but the latest polls show their affections are shifting.

The coronavirus crisis has revealed some enduring flaws in America’s civic immune system. It may have also illuminated a time-honored cure.

As 18 million Baby Boomers brace for the financial insecurity of old age, Democrats are pushing to expand Social Security and other elderly benefits.

Can America change the way it takes care of kids?

An economist’s view of the American political process

Irish Americans used to be progressive champions for the oppressed and the downtrodden. Now many of them are Trump voters.

Fiscal scolds say the bipartisan agreement will irreparably damage the country. In truth, it will help those hurt the most by the Great Recession.

Bill Clinton already ended welfare as we knew it. So what, exactly, are Republicans after now?

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