In conversation with KPBS, journalist Osita Nwanevu argues that the United States is not a true democracy and needs to ...

As support for secessionist movements increases, it’s vital that political leaders reduce the divisions that threaten to tear ...

Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day political debates, has become essentially ...

People trying to understand politics in the United States today often turn to history for precedents and perspective. Are our current divisions like the ones that preceded the American Revolution or ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is in a new era of political violence — one that feels starker than any since the fraught days of 1968, ...

It's been nearly two weeks since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on a Utah college campus in broad daylight. Since then, Americans of every political stripe have pointed the finger ...

Attacks, such as an assassination in Minnesota, are on the rise. Their motives are often hard to parse. By Shaila Dewan Minnesotans awoke on a recent Saturday to reports that an assassin had spent the ...

We asked readers whether young Americans today can still have a better life than their parents. They responded with stories ...

Polling from the Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy shows overwhelming bipartisan support for a national strategy of ...

Could Elon Musk revolutionize American politics with his new American political party? The odds are wildly against it, but ... it’s Elon Musk. What were the chances he could become the richest man in ...