In 2010s, U.S. ignored perils of unchecked militarism and climate denial, reached for TV reality-show populism. Are 2020s too late to fix it?

Chanting "No One Is Above the Law," the people showed up on Capitol Hill for Trump's impeachment because that's the only way democracy works.

Is there a higher moral value in fighting for the truth about Trump's treachery, even if the politics might backfire against his accusers?

Why a universal free-college plan — far more expansive than Buttigieg's limited plan — isn't just good economics but a cure for our political divide.

America's failure to hold Reagan accountable in 1987 predicted where America was headed, and why Trump might escape justice in 2020.

Pittsburgh's mayor just endorsed the fate of the earth over short-term job growth. Can Philly's Jim Kenney follow his example?

Impeachment witnesses are a reminder of how immigration renews the American spirit, even with a White House hellbent on crushing it.

Will Democrats fail in their impeachment quest if TV viewers aren’t riveted like Watergate? Is justice possible in a reality-show world?

A real-life 1921 Tulsa massacre in HBO's "Watchman" has America asking, what else didn't they teach us in school about racism?

Angry, bipartisan reaction to botched move of 1,000 troops in northern Syria is latest, strongest proof that America just can’t quit militarism abroad.

Big Oil and its big bucks have a plan to beef up criminal charges to protest against new pipelines or drilling. They’re pushing it again in Pennsylvania.

Hatred of a free press is changing American life and is too deeply embedded to end even if Trump leaves the White House soon.

A right-wing "pregnancy scare" revealed how Elizabeth Warren rides the #BelieveWomen zeitgeist to top of 2020 Democratic pack.