Historian Rutger Bregman argues in a new book that people should aspire to “moral ambition” — a mix of idealism and ruthless pragmatism — to make the world a better place.

The Fulcrum introduces Congress Bill Spotlight, a weekly report by Jesse Rifkin, focusing on the noteworthy legislation of the thousands introduced in Congress. Rifkin has written about Congress for ...

As “No Kings Day” reminds us, “The flag doesn’t belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to us.” But at most anti-Trump protests, flags have been absent or marginal. I counted one when several thousand ...