Politics & Elections

Is it possible to have national Democracy with a Big D if you do not have real local democracy with a small d, at the level where people live, …

Updates on the most extreme veep nominee in a century, Goldman Sachs' free ride, yet another apparent hate crime against Muslims, and more.

The old assumption that the United States would move inevitably in the direction of ever greater equality now appears strange, even unreal.

Mexicou2019s old ruling party, Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), is set to return to power after early election results indicate the PRI candidate Enrique Peu00f1a Nieto has won the presidential …

In this Bill Moyers Essay, Bill calls out some of the biggest political and super PAC donors, revealing how easy it is for the wealthy one percent to sway …

The election of Barack Obama generated hope for a new progressive national agenda. The reality, however, has been a disappointment for many, and leaves open the question for those …

One of the interesting features of this primary season as the U.S. heads towards its elections in November is a phenomenon of independent progressive Democrats running within the Democratic …

Romney's later judicial selections show an embrace of rigid conservatism and the benefits of political payback.

Demonstrations have erupted nationwide after the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi and former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq were announced the frontrunners.

Michael Waldman, executive director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, talks with Rachel Maddow about a new purge of Florida's voter rolls that has …