A line of Supreme Court rulings stretching back 200 years has blurred the distinction between flesh-and-blood citizens and the businesses they own.

We must remember the courage of the people of Mississippi and other Jim Crow states and that the civil rights movement was an endeavor of white and black bonding.

It's the Democratic Party's own fault that voters struggle to distinguish it from the Republican Party.

Global conflicts are increasingly fueled by the desire for oil and natural gas -- and the funds they generate.

Historian Jill Lepore says that the debates of 240 years ago offer no insight into those of today.

This July 4, cherish the words of the Declaration but also summon Thomas Paine's spirit to remind yourself that we can, if we really care, pick up the broken thread of democratic zeal. An essay by Bill Moyers and Bernie Weisberger.

Securing state power from the domestic population and securing concentrated private power are driving forces in policy formation.

Before embracing divisive politics, the Republicans had been closely aligned with the cause of civil rights and had been supporters of equal justice.

Recent events in Iraq and Syria have revived the words "caliphate" and "Levant" which had not been used for several decades.

From the health effects of smoking to weapons of mass destruction, the powers that be have told us some real whoppers over the years.