News Analysis

As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the unexpected extent of the damage Americans have done to themselves and their institutions is coming into better focus. The event …

Sisters Tamara Collins, 7, left, and Brianna Collins, 8, walk to the bus stop outside the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida shelter where they live, in Orlando, …

The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor. (Photo: Leonski Oh Leonski / Flickr) Would a progressive Burlington, Vermont, mayor partner with the Koch brothers? Obviously not. Their well-heeled right-wing …

It’s all too easy to divide the world into people like us and outsiders. Newly published research points to a surprising factor that exacerbates this unfortunate tendency: Boredom. …

Drug trafficking through Central America is more threatening than ever before. To combat high levels of organized crime, cartel activity, violence, and institutional corruption, Central …

(Photo: photosteve101 / Flickr) Standard & Poor's downgrades US debt, stock markets gyrate around the world, Sarkozy and Merkel perform yet another empty summit, the Chinese and …

Thousands of participants sing and pray inside Reliant Stadium during “The Response,” a Christian-themed prayer serviced called for by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in Houston, August 6, 2011. (Photo: …

Then-President-elect Barack Obama with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office on January 7, 2009. (Photo: Beverly & Pack) Is it too soon to speak of …

Van Jones is leading a national mobilization to rebuild the middle class—through decent work, fair taxes, and opportunities for all. With politics in D.C. hitting new lows, …

What, if anything, is the matter with Obama? This is a question that sharply divides progressives today, the central front on what has become known as the “Obama Wars.” …