Home prices have exploded since the pandemic, as demand for homes outstripped supply, pricing many Americans out. Between the ...

Norman Solomon has spent decades watching American politics unfold through the vigilant lens of a media watchdog and journalist. Throughout his career, the West Marin-based author has documented the ...

On Sept. 2, a rarity will arrive in bookstores: a volume that manages to bridge the divides of today’s highly polarized politics. That book is the Almanac of American Politics. An updated version of ...

A new book argues for making the U.S. a “true” democracy, but fails at the essential strategy of persuasion. Nwanevu wields journalism as a cutting tool that’s well oiled with contempt (I’ve been on ...

As costs are rising and wallets are hurting, these books explore the promises and pitfalls of the U.S. economy.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is in a new era of political violence — one that feels starker than any since the fraught days of 1968, ...

The pendulum will swing back. It is a phrase invoked repeatedly, with variation, since Donald Trump’s reelection last November. Cable news anchor Chris Cuomo, Senator Angus King, and pollster Nate ...

American political culture is broken. Acts of political violence, like the recent killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and its aftermath, are disturbing indicators of how fractured and ...

Norman Podhoretz, the influential longtime editor of Commentary magazine who helped shape the neoconservative movement and ...

If you’re someone who clicks on an article about political engagement, you’re probably a person who likes keeping up with the news. Maybe you find yourself constantly scrolling social media. You care ...

Attacks, such as an assassination in Minnesota, are on the rise. Their motives are often hard to parse. By Shaila Dewan Minnesotans awoke on a recent Saturday to reports that an assassin had spent the ...