Eight months into his second term, President Donald Trump's long-standing pledge to take on those he perceives as his ...

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, Emily Bazelon talked with Judith Resnik about her new book, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison ...

In a twist that would make Karl Marx smile and Adam Smith spin in his grave, President Trump’s recent economic moves have accidentally created the very socialist system his supporters claim ...

A community of history lovers ventured back to the atmosphere that George Caleb Bingham painted in his historic 19th century ...

The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling in the coming months that limits Donald Trump’s power, and if he defies the court, the consequences could be drastic, including a ...

Encouraged by Trump, some lawmakers are championing cash bail, undercutting reforms that advocates say made the system fairer ...

While the White House's fight with elite universities such as Columbia and Harvard has recently dominated the headlines, the ...

The Texas Democrat routinely touts his Christian faith as the reason for his politics, even when it comes to issues that many see as at odds with Christianity. He's been an outspoken advocate for ...

The Republican president is calling for a new census that excludes people in the U.S. illegally, but the 14th Amendment poses ...

The Trump administration and Republicans have launched headlong into a broad overhaul of the American vaccine system – despite it being an overhaul that very few Americans seem to actually want.

And here lies the theoretically more challenging and less obvious question of whether there is a “democratic road” to ...

Former President Barack Obama spoke for nearly 90 minutes Sept. 16 at Erie Insurance Arena in the Jefferson Educational Society's Global Summit.