News Analysis

The “personhood” movement has had little success in ending all abortion, but that hasn't stopped them from trying bolder ways to restrict reproductive rights.

Obama has accelerated clemency to low-level drug offenders, but a study on pardons due in 2015 won't be released until the fall of 2017.

The Obama administration denied all six pending permits to conduct seismic testing for oil and gas reserves in the Atlantic Ocean.

public universities in Oregon must still confront their budget prospects and the impacts on the students they serve.

Trump and his backers don't simply want to reverse the train of social progress; they want to throw it off the tracks.

Republicans are eager to jam Trump's appointments through before Democrats can block any nominations, but do Democrats even have the power or the votes to do it?

The Modern Language Association has traditionally been adverse to engaging in political debates.

Analysts agree that the major front in the “war on coal” lies within the market itself.

Why are the new radiation limits for a nuclear emergency set thousands of times higher than allowed by federal law?

As the government transitions, many advocates are concerned about the future of benefits like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.