As more of us fight for scraps, Social Security is more important than ever

The horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn., is the latest grisly episode in what has become a muted…

As the nation tiptoes closer to the fiscal cliff, a frightening number of leaders on both sides of the political aisle seem…

The recent battle over health care reform in the United States, in which the Obama administration was barely able to pass weak…

Obama is in the lead, both nationally and in some very key battleground states. This election is his to lose. But elections…

Democrats appear poised to take over the U.S. House of Representatives. At the top of their agenda should be policies designed to…

Should U.S. Supreme Court justices serve life terms? This is a question that is raised whenever there is a vacancy on the…

The California recall dominated national and state politics in the early fall, culminating in voters rejecting Gov. Gray Davis in favor of…

Led by U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and Bush political mastermind Karl Rove, Texas Republicans have completed their ambush of congressional…

In their recently acclaimed book, “The Emerging Democratic Majority,” John Judis and Ruy Teixeira make the case that long-term demographic trends favor…