The Republican and Democratic parties are united in protecting their chokehold on American politics, despite the view by America’s founders that parties had no legitimate place in the republic.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris signaled Thursday that she is taking a break from political office for the time being, calling the system “broken.” With speculation circulating widely about whether she will mount a 2028 White House bid, the former ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin’s decision to “up the ante” on the north-south divide by constituting a joint action committee to fight against the proposed re-delimitation of parliamentary constituencies after the next census has brought this ...

Former President Barack Obama, in conversation with historian and author Heather Cox Richardson, at The Connecticut Forum on June 17, 2025. BARACK OBAMA: If we're going to fix all these other problems—if we're going to deal with climate change ...

Are Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump really the two best candidates for America's most demanding and important job? Hardly. Trump tried to reverse the last election. And while Harris would be a reversion toward the mean ...

Last month, the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to three scholars, Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson, for “studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.” Don’t let the dry language fool you: The award ...

A water systems engineer warned against aging U.S. water infrastructure and the gaps left by the new Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a government organization that distributes foreign ...

Transparency International, a global coalition focused on combating corruption, issued a statement on Thursday strongly urging the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) to take action on establishing ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris declared Thursday that she was taking a break from running for office because she doesn't want to be a part of America’s "broken system." During her appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Harris explained ...

Iowa political leaders are offering their prayers for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot while speaking at a college campus in Utah.