News Analysis

Since every fantasy or myth is a self-fulfilling prophecy, the important question is which one predicts, and thus points us toward, a more peaceful, humane world.

Admittedly this is happening in states both new to democratic politics and deeply divided along ideological lines.

If the minimum wage had kept pace with inflation since its inception in 1968, it would now stand at $10.74 per hour.

The humiliating summary reversal suffered by Montana in the US Supreme Court over its restrictions on campaign contributions could have been avoided, according to two attorneys who filed amicus …

Is a move toward privatization behind the turning over of Newark, New Jersey, public school buildings to charter school companies, investigators are asking.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has given the Department of Defense a possible reprieve from American citizens' war-weary thoughts.

When nearly 400 millennials committed civil disobedience on Sunday in front of the White House to protest the Keystone XL pipeline, they sent a clear message to President Obama: …

After two years of uproar over mostly phantom cuts, 2015 isn't likely to bring austerity to the Pentagon either.

There is no evidence that broad sectors of society, especially the urban poor who provide the most support to the government, have joined the protests initiated by middle and …

Whenever Washington winds down its wars and our troops become needy veterans, interest in their welfare always flags. Clearly, Congress and the White House are much better at starting …