Perspectives

Clinton just came out with a tough plan to tighten gun laws. Will Sanders stick to his guns—or try a new approach?

Holding up these two radical, pacifist, militantly anti-war Catholics as role models was a remarkable act by Pope Francis.

"I'm afraid I don't see how the US can helpfully respond in Afghanistan, at this point."

The senator spoke at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate last night about what Martin Luther King, Jr. called "the inseparable twin of racial injustice" -- economic injustice.

In this clip from a speech he made over the weekend in New York City, Chomsky breaks down the extremist base of the Republican party after decades of moving further and further to the right.

What is our relationship with collective humanity, and what do we owe others who are suffering? A writer ponders the refugee crisis and what he personally is prepared to do to help.

At the end of the day, what really matters is the amount of money that the American people spend for health care.

The story of our nation’s long practice of welcoming immigrants is an American triumph, all the more so because it has been achieved over constant resistance. A historian argues we must fight again.

Were it not for Trumpmania, we might be using this endless election season to discuss the fact that economic inequality has finally risen to the top of the list of most Americans’ concerns.

As we take stock after Labor Day, there’s much that we have accomplished, much to be grateful for, and yet so much work remains if we are to create a path to economic stability for all of us.