Activists are transforming outrage into community organizing projects, voter registration drives and mass protest campaigns.

The battles over American history and censorship in Colorado are part of the longstanding cult of optimism on the right.

In recent years, the phrase “American exceptionalism,” at once resonant and ambiguous, has stolen into popular usage in electoral politics with a profligacy that is hard to account for.

A teacher argues that America's schools have not “abandoned” the mission of Brown v. Board of Education, they never fully committed to it.

What justifies so much government spending per student in private elite universities relative to public ones?

The Forbes 400 is out and the new numbers on these grand fortunes don’t just stagger the imagination. They stagger common sense.

The median white family holds nearly 20 times more assets than he median black family and 74 times more assets than the median Hispanic family.

On Tuesday, hundreds of citizens turned out for the first public hearing on the controversial social science materials now under review as part of the state’s contentious once-in-a-decade textbook adoption process.

A new report finds that rising inequality is taking a toll on state governments.

A new report lays out different approaches for making our economy one where prosperity is broadly shared.