One word has become unavoidable on the campaign trail — woke. But what does it really mean and where does it come from? The word has a long and serious history in Black culture. Woke - it's just ...

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how Donald Trump and Republicans are trying to take health care away from millions by cutting Medicaid and Medicare to pass the “cruelest budget bill ever ...

Second in the line of presidential succession after the vice president, the speaker of the House occupies a central role in our national government. But what is it that a speaker actually does?

In just months, a tide of money flowing around the White House has overwhelmed the traditional bulwarks against corruption in government. Evan Osnos reports on how the greed of the new ...