Young people have every reason to feel detached from an array of major institutions that are no longer in tune with the problems that they face.

The conservative assault on food stamps -- authored by Reagan, updated by Ryan -- is really an attack on the middle class.

The campaign against Dr. Vivek Murthy is the continuation of a longstanding effort to make the discussion of gun violence taboo.

Our latest roundup of key money and politics reporting. This week: the 'unlobbyist' lobbyists, how John McCain is exploiting campaign finance loopholes and more.

The mayor of Jackson, Miss., believed that economic development and the creation of jobs must be a collective rather than individual effort.

If you feel like politicians don't have your back, you should watch this.

With federal action stymied by politics, activists are turning to the "laboratories of democracy."

Two investigative journalists talk to Bill about the role of dark money -- and the wealthy donors behind it -- in this year's midterm elections.

Community-based groups beat the government and industry in responding to the needs of 300,000 people affected by the chemical spill in West Virginia's Elk River.

New bills in the Congress aim to speed up exports of liquefied natural gas to several countries, including Ukraine