Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is caught in an unprecedented political clash with a U.S. president. But his inherent ...

The way Mother’s Day is celebrated in the U.S. today conspicuously omits the tremendous power that women wield beyond the ...

After Watergate, Congress tried to curtail the role of money in politics. But a pivotal Supreme Court case nipped it in the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is the highest-ranked political newcomer to the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful Women, one of a few breakthroughs amid a year otherwise marked by sudden ...

In the 1970s, he filed a trailblazing lawsuit that cleared the way for him to be the first Black person elected to the city’s ...

President Donald Trump’s use of executive power has sparked a fierce debate among legal scholars: Is he dangerously overstepping his authority, or is he simply following a long-standing presidential ...

FILE - Opponents of mid-decade efforts to redraw congressional voting districts gather to protest in the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo ...

For too long, the wealthy and powerful have used the cycle of economic and political power to enrich themselves and entrench their control. In this piece, Dēmos president Taifa Smith Butler envisions ...

The art of persuasion and compromise were once essential elements for political success. Those skills are no longer necessary to succeed. In this political era, where politics is mostly a power game, ...

When the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies opened its doors in 1970, there were only 1,469 Black elected officials in office across the United States. Today, over 10,000 Black leaders ...

In function, X is the platform best suited to mass political discussion. The ways in which discussion threads form and can be shared suits its role as the public square. Because its design naturally ...