Campaign spending data from party-affiliated committees show that Democrats are playing offense in some surprising places.

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Gloria showed us that being a feminist means being a humanist. It is time to find our own mysterious path, but thankfully, An Unexpected Life can serve as a handy guidebook. Clara Bingham is a ...

One in five voters who supported Donald Trump in 2024 now regrets their vote. Inflation and war are their biggest complaints.

Coyote, whose imminent fall into the canyon of despair always came at the hands of the Acme Manufacturing Co., which, to continue the metaphor, stands for the malfunctioning products of the Donald ...

Democracy’s defenders won round one, but Donald Trump has done plenty of damage to Americans’ faith in voting at home.

Could the Clerk of the House lead a midterm coup? Garrett Epps looks to 1863 and 1865 for warnings about our current crisis.

The late congressman’s posthumous book condemns dogmatic insistence on unpopular ideas and offers a roadmap for reconciliation.

Our constitutional system is being torn asunder. Enter the shadow court, an intriguing idea from Julie C. Suk.

Many Democrats are hot to remake the Supreme Court. But it’s the lifetime appointment that just kept Trump from meddling with ...