Just because Donald Trump is using the recent chemical attack as an excuse to bomb Syria does not mean the attack didn't happen. We need to acknowledge the reality of Syrian suffering at the hands of Assad, Putin and the U.S.
A nationwide campaign is urging candidates to sign a contract containing 11 progressive initiatives, characterized as actions desired by the American people.
Brad Schimel, the state's attorney general, talks up the law that Democrats say kept tens of thousands from the polls in 2016.
The language of an immigration law is ruled “unconstitutionally vague” by a Supreme Court majority that included Justice Neil Gorsuch.
The nation's campaign finance free-for-all is one reason the Electoral Integrity Project ranks the democratic integrity of our elections dead last among the West's democracies.
Claiming or denying to be a journalist on an as-needed basis may allow Fox News' star host to sidestep more than just the standards of his industry.
Donald Trump's lack of understanding about Chinese culture—and the need to save face at all costs—increases economic risk for America.
In an interview, Mark Rudd looks back with regret on his advocacy of violence as a young radical, and he offers up some advice for today’s activists: “The thing about nonviolence is that it works.”
Limp procedural arguments calling for Congress to rubber-stamp a war is not opposing war.
Many legal experts and human rights advocates say the murder case is the worst example of wrongful conviction they have ever seen.
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