How the United States became a prisoner of war and Congress went MIA.

Are the crowds that cheer on Trump and Sanders a rabble or the architects of democracy? Donald Trump’s recent success gives an old debate new life.

Authors Ari Berman and Michael Waldman talk about the unequal history of voting in America, new voting rules and their concerns about what may happen later this year.

The Republican front-runner is against nation building. Imagine that.

With the end of the draft came the end of America's citizen-soldier tradition. The new, all-volunteer military is far more powerful, far less accountable and far more dangerous.

Donald Trump reflects the “extremist” values Republicans have been cultivating for decades, while the mainstream media intentionally looked away. Readers weigh in with their perspectives below.  

Forget Trump. It's the people who paved the way for him who seem uncomfortably familiar to an expert on pre-Nazi Germany.

Our Trump files are expanding. Readers have sent in additional pieces and new investigations are unfolding. Here’s our latest lineup of recommended reading.

Grassroots organizing and protest has fueled a wave of outrage about policies that crush the poor.

Viewing Donald Trump in light of the fascists of the first half of the 20th century helps explain what Trump is doing and how he is succeeding.