Across the democratic world, the postwar era’s dominant political parties are losing their grip. One paradox of American ...

This week, President Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia with a lavish reception at the White ...

California state Sen. Scott Wiener and Saikat Chakrabarti, former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, had ...

As the old saying goes, failing to plan is planning to fail. The Montgomery Improvement Association, planners of the ...

If the political parties continue to break down the norms in their quest for power, they will find that they win a lot of ...

Disingenuous speech | Diet change | Democratic principles. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Nov. 19, 2025.

After the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi leader became a pariah. He’s been slowly rehabilitated, and is now being ...

This represents a dramatic change that began in President Jimmy Carter’s administration and reflects a disturbing shift in the way we manage, or mismanage, our government.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s campaign centered on the issue of affordability. That resonated with young voters.

The “Golden Dome” will enrich arms contractors, yet it’s likely to be ineffective while worsening the nuclear arms race.

“This week, it’s important to dispel a lie that has permeated American political thought for some time. America is not a ...

The Native American democracy that the U.S. founders were most likely to know about was the Iroquois Confederacy. They call themselves the Haudenosaunee, the “people of the longhouse,” because the ...