The Republican presidential nominee's crusade against "political correctness" is enough to make even the First Amendment's chief beneficiaries queasy.

Fixing not only voter registration but the nominating calendar itself could be the key to boosting the number of Americans who cast ballots on Election Day.

In response to a reader's question, we tackle "free trade” and “fair trade” and take a quick look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade pact that President Obama is energetically pushing.

Can we now get serious, journalists, about what’s at stake in American politics?

The Republican candidate hopes to appeal to the deindustrialized town's disaffected workers but there are ironies about his appeal and his audience.

Before heading to the polls or filling out your ballot, check our updated roundup tracking new election laws across the country.

A biography of the legendary columnist provides a refreshing antidote to campaign 2016.

A psychoanalyst concludes that Trump is the modern incarnation of Narcissus — an intrusive, omnipresent and terrible-to-behold mirror image of America’s worst public face.

"This is...one of the fights of a lifetime," says the author of the new book Corporate Citizen?

With Citizens United, 2010 marked the beginning of a battle over what types of citizens corporations can or should be.