Trump's latest Russia decision threatens to enrich a hostile dictator, undermine American sanctions, and leave Ukraine bleeding. Congress must confront the question Republicans keep avoiding...

Part one of the story of Frederick Hoffman, the Prudential statistician nobody remembers, from The Hidden History of American Healthcare...

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Trump is escalating Iran while talking about American cities as collateral damage. History shows just how dramatically an attack can reshape both an election and a presidency…

A worldwide backlash against oligarchy is gathering force, while America’s richest pour fortunes into keeping voters angry at everyone but them…

For ninety years Americans fought to keep the government from building one master file on each of us. This week Trump and Scott Bessent started one for every child in the country...

Medicare open enrollment starts October 15. Here’s what the ads won’t tell you, from The Hidden History of American Healthcare.

A North Dakota farmer describes neighbors rethinking Trump, women choosing their children’s future, and the need to defend immigrant neighbors.

NAZA is an acronym for nezek agavi, Hebrew for "collateral damage." It refers to the number of civilian casualties the Israeli military deems acceptable. The documentary is made by Israeli filmmakers.

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The surest way to escape oil shocks, dictatorial petrostates, and endless energy wars is brutally simple: stop consuming and subsidizing their oil….

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., questioned former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday about whether he had attended an NBA game in Atlanta in Feb. 2024, but seemingly confused two different basketball tea...

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Taxpayers are footing the bill for a Fox “News” ad glorifying the president, as lawmakers question whether federal law has been crossed…

When Trump-aligned billionaires control the networks Americans trust for news, they don’t just own the cameras. They gain the power to decide what the entire country sees, hears, and never learns…

Americans pay extraordinary sums for a system that can still deny doctor-recommended care, while Canada’s Medicare fight shows another path…

Victory in the Grand Canyon State is Key to Regaining Pro-Equality Majorities in Congress

The U.S. government, media organizations, and political scholars often characterize the “War on Terror” as a clash of civilizations or a battle against radical Islam.

Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist

He believed due process separated America from the authoritarian governments his generation fought. That line is now being tested…

The bond market is warning that 45 years of Republican tax cuts and exploding debt may finally force ordinary Americans to pay for a party the wealthy already enjoyed...

Reflections from Dublin’s protest against Trump in Ireland

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America has been lied into too many wars. It’s cost us too much in money, credibility, and blood. We must remember the lies, and tell our children about them so that memory isn’t lost...

Economic desperation opened the door to both FDR and Hitler. Nearly a century later, America again faces competing visions of who should rule and whom government should serve…

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