The delayed freedom of Texas slaves reveals much about the fragile nature of legal authority when confronted by entrenched ...

A new poll found that a majority of Americans are against the bill—and that only two-thirds of Republicans like it.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston announcing the enforcement of ...

Updates and the latest news as Donald Trump attends the G7 summit in Canada and meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney amid ...

Those results suggest that ordinary citizens, in small groups composed of representative samples, can make sound, fact-based ...

Trump has opened a fast track to citizenship for the richest people, as he continues his war on immigrants on every other ...

Divided constituencies are realizing that folks need not hold every cause in common in order to make common cause.

In 2016, I signed an executive order declaring Philadelphia a “sanctuary city.” That meant Philadelphia would keep the ...

We promote civic engagement and do so in a civil ... enacted a poll tax as a prerequisite for voting, which effectively disenfranchised poor people and Black people. Virginia's poll taxes remained ...

Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over ...

As the billionaire makes his exit amid astonishing bust-up with Trump, here's the verdict from those familiar with his cost-cutting efforts in Washington – and it’s not good ...