The Western alliance between the U.S. and its European partners has been a pillar of the global order since the end of World ...

Modern democracy looks stable on the surface, but small changes can push it toward collapse. Voters appear divided into two camps, yet many do not truly belong to either. When systems force people to ...

We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge (schools, legacy media, ...

But they also criticize the media’s simplistic depictions, especially in stories about Christian nationalism and a movement ...

A little more than 80 years ago, a group of young military officers joined with Venezuela’s main opposition party to overthrow the country’s ruling dictator. The man who took power, Rómulo Betancourt, ...

Amid the United States’ celebration of the 250-year anniversary of the American Revolution, journalist Osita Nwanevu says it may be time for the country to wipe the slate clean and build a new ...

There’s a large and obvious disconnect in the Democratic Party strategy for combating Donald Trump this year and in the 2026 midterms. Democratic elites and many activists (not to mention millions of ...

The Trump administration has now killed at least 43 people in 10 strikes against so-called drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean. The threat of war against Venezuela and the surrounding region ...

In 2020, Democrats won a convincing election victory. They proceeded to do what all victorious parties do. They passed legislation in accord with their priorities, including raising health insurance ...

Democracy, once thought to be self-sustaining, is on defense. Like every system before it, democracy has gone through cycles of strength and weakness—but its survival is no longer guaranteed. What is ...

But the Founding Fathers, who favored a republic designed to temper the passions of large assemblies, would not have recognized themselves in the sea of subversives and malcontents at No Kings rallies ...

From a man dressed in an inflatable squirrel costume shouting “Trump is nuts!” to a handmade sign that read “Proud anti-fascist,” organizers estimated more than 1,000 people marched and chanted ...