On May 29, four days after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis police custody after a deli-counter dispute over the validity of a $20 bill, The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser captured the moment in ...

Are Joe Biden and Donald Trump really the two best candidates for America's most demanding and important job? Of course not. Among other concerns, both men are well past their prime. So why, then, are ...

A political system is a system of politics and government. It is usually compared to the legal system, economic system, cultural system, and other social systems. However, this is a very simplified ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover investing, saving and retirement policy. American distrust of the U.S. political system is at an all-time high. Many of us ...

Today, we celebrate our independence from the British and the establishment of our own political institutions. It just so happens that there is also an important election taking place today: British ...

The midterm elections signaled renewed hope for the American middle, the unlucky majority of us who don’t want to live in the hyperpolarized, endless political cycle that is tearing at the fabric of ...

One hundred and fifty years after the Reconstruction Amendments and more than a generation after the civil rights revolution, achieving true racial equity remains a central challenge of our time. Both ...

A months-long effort to create a new government in Iraq fell into disarray after the influential Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr asked all 73 lawmakers in his political bloc to withdraw from parliament ...

Public attitudes about the political system broadly and the national government specifically vary considerably around the world, though many are critical. Opinions are closely related to the status of ...

In the United States and Western Europe, many people support large scale, systemic change. Across four countries surveyed in November and December of last year, around four-in-ten or more in every ...