The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

The Greeks learn at Troy that breaking the rules works, then carry the lesson home. Nolan’s film shows how an exception becomes a habit of power

Republicans have moved to dismantle a 60-year-old demographic reporting system. Now the agency wants to choose what it sees

The president no longer treats the people who defeated him as voters. He treats them as suspects

According to Heidi Blake in the New Yorker, the Tate and Trump circles have overlapped at Mar-a-Lago. What does that mean?

A government that demands instant obedience while concealing its identity cannot expect trust – or escape responsibility for the consequences

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America at 250 is not a finished monument, but a structure still under repair

‘We have come too far to turn around now,’ the monument on Alabama’s Montgomery Square reads

New electoral maps are erasing Black representations. The effort takes its cues from American history

The supreme court has gutted one of the strongest federal tools we had against the most effective weapon in US politics

The Callais decision is predicated on the idea that American leaders will act justly on their own. That premise has already been proven hollow

The Callais decision is predicated on the idea that American leaders will act justly on their own. That premise has already been proven hollow

The United States tolerates Trump’s behavior because of our warped definition of strength

The reckless Iran war shows up for most Americans as a number at a gas pump, not as images or moral reckoning

The statue isn’t about preserving history – it’s about asserting the power to rewrite it

Following Taylor’s death, the US limited no-knock warrants. But the Trump administration has quietly rescinded those limits

Following Taylor’s death, the US limited no-knock warrants. But the Trump administration has quietly rescinded those limits

When presidents ask the country to support a war, honesty is not optional

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What is happening in Minnesota is proof that racist ideas lead to racist policies – and it produces bad, dangerous governance

A renowned commentator and media critic, Smith brings more than 25 years’ experience shaping public discourse on the intersection of politics, culture and identity

What is happening in Minnesota is proof that racist ideas lead to racist policies – and it produces bad, dangerous governance

Lemon’s lawyer said he was taken into custody after attending protest in which demonstrators disrupted a church service earlier in January

The Trump administration is preparing to cancel a large swath of federal funding to California, an effort which could begin as soon as Friday, according to multiple sources.