Here are the top nine conflicts that will drive American politics for the rest of this decade and possibly beyond. Globalization vs. nationalism / The election of Donald Trump ushered in the collapse of the Cold War consensus, the idea shared by Republicans and Democrats that global American hegemony in the face of the Soviet...
Virginia state Del. Danica Roem (D) and Speaker of the Pennsylvania House Joanna McClinton (D) are among those nominated for this year’s Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award, an honor EMILYs List presents to women serving in local office. The nominees for the annual award from EMILYs List — which works to elect Democratic, pro-choice women in...
After 15 years of telling Americans how bad they have it, it’s time to offer them an exciting picture of how today’s economic changes and technological advances can make our lives better.
Police in Nashville, Tenn., late Monday released surveillance video showing the 28-year-old shooter who killed three children and three adults at a Christian elementary school firing through the building's doors and walking through its hallways armed. The soundless footage shows the shooter arriving in a silver Honda Fit, then shooting the locked glass doors to...
Nearly everywhere in the world, legislatures are consistently the least popular branch of government — a fact that has been exacerbated in recent years by polarization and gridlock, and which is often underpinned by the sense that representatives are corrupt and ineffectual. Authoritarian powers — including adversaries such as China and Russia — have sought...
Even as states and conservation organizations are still celebrating the new United Nations treaty that hopefully will protect 30 percent of the high seas, China is working, in plain sight, to take sovereign control of the world’s oceans. The global presence of China’s “distant water fishing fleet” has garnered substantial attention, particularly since its heightened...
Georgia counties must enforce homeless camp bans and can't dump homeless people in other counties, according to lawmakers. The bill is being sent to Gov. Kemp for his signature or veto.
U.S. states are considering raising the minimum wage to $20. A handful of states considered raising their minimum wage to $15 per hour but the gains were nearly erased due to inflation.
Legislation to provide students in New Mexico with free school lunches regardless of income was signed by Gov. Michelle Grisham. Lawmakers set aside $22 million to pay for the program.