Politics & Elections

Donald Trump has released a new ad revealing that either he doesn't understand Social Security or he wants to galvanize opposition to it.

Governor Paul LePage called people of color the “enemy.”

Legislative hearings have begun about the water crisis in Hoosick Falls, New York, and many people have been dropping the F word: Flint.

The Tea Party, a sinkhole in Louisiana and the contradictions of US political life.

Henry A. Giroux says that Trump's call to respond to dissent with violence is encouraging an atmosphere of “Neo-facism.”

Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is slated to testify today at her impeachment trial.

The violence in our streets is the war coming home.

The candidate's ongoing scandalous behavior can't cover up whatever he's hiding in his tax returns.

New research shows that the overwhelming majority of its known donors are men. Very rich men.

The Trump campaign filed its latest campaign finance reports last week, and the largest expense — “digital and online advertising” surprised a lot of reporters.