Behind the ostentatious displays of power, the White House tries to keep secret all that's destructive to the nation and democracy.

How President Trump’s fake populism bails out the 1 percent.

Surveying the real estate choices of Washington’s contractors, lobbyists and corporate lawyers reveals the raw, nouveau-riche tastes of our capital’s shadow government.

Welcome to Mike Lofgren’s Washington, DC — a This Town, where the political theater that is endlessly tweeted and blogged about has nothing to do with actual decision making.

A new book further explores the "red thread" that connects the war on terror, the militarization of America's foreign policy, rising inequality and the dysfunction that plagues our government.

The vast inequality they are creating is a death sentence for government by consent of the people. This is the fight of our lives and how it ends is up to us.

The American ruling class is ensconced in the "Washington Consensus" and deaf to any evidence that challenges its worldview.

As an inquiry into the complex subject of international terrorism, the 9/11 Commission's 10th anniversary reprise falls far short — but it does serve official DC's purpose.

Edward Snowden's lawyer, the ACLU's Ben Wizner, discusses his growing concern with our surveillance state and what could happen if NSA programs aren't rolled back.

National security and law enforcement aren't the only areas where the state often operates unseen from the public. Other parts of the government also operate secretly.