Sen. Mitch McConnell was a generational force for the Republican Party — using procedural tactics and political will to ...

A few years ago, while Care for Peace, the Marin-based nonprofit I founded, was building a health center in the remote areas ...

President Donald Trump is attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. His efforts are history repeating itself.

Democrats need a politician like Teddy Roosevelt, who fought corruption, was progressive, and used the bully pulpit to ...

The "tax the rich movement" is finally having some breakthroughs with the masses, writes columnist Danny Westneat. So why are ...

An increasingly influential group of conservative scholars has some drastic ideas about the president’s power.

A Barrington Hills village trustee and children's charity founder has been tapped as the new state senator for Illinois’ 26th ...

In the 1990s, there was reason to hope that Russia was moving toward democracy and that China, despite the Tiananmen Square ...

Hours before President Donald Trump was sworn in to begin his second term, promising a “golden age” for America, the leader ...

The right has long despised the legendary sketch show for its supposed “liberal bias.” But the show’s history tells a ...

At a time when Republicans control all levers of power in Washington and national Democrats are struggling to respond to ...