Voters are complicated. People in the American center are likely to be heterodox in their viewpoints, taking a few stances from Column A and a few from Column B. There isn’t a single issue position ...

The rise of the right remade the GOP—and fundamentally changed how parties operated in American politics.

Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding, a new book by Osita Nwanevu, a writer for The New Republic and The ...

Maybe everything that has happened in presidential elections since 2016 can be explained by three simple propositions: Any living human being would defeat Hillary Clinton.

The torment of Mr McCarthy is easy to explain. But it points to a mystery, one this column will outline but—with apologies—not solve: why is it that each party’s grip on power, once attained ...

But American capitalism has been built on the pursuit of profit at all costs. In recent decades, investors have flocked to index funds, which track the market, offering diversification and low fees.

Many voters are switching party allegiances during the Trump era, but the parties aren't changing in ways that reflect their preferences.

How Smithsonian Curators Visit Political Conventions to Explain the Present to the Future When scholars from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History attend one of these gatherings ...