Imagine a Congress where politicians of different ideologies work together to pass legislation reflecting what most Americans want. This isn’t hypothetical; it’s how Congress worked for much of the ...

Decades of dominance leaves a mark: It shapes the beliefs and behaviors of a nation and its military. Extended periods of hegemony for a nation, like long-standing market dominance for a business, ...

This essay on the much-debated problems with Love, Actually and how to fix them was originally a Christmas piece. It’s been updated and reposted for the movie’s 20th anniversary re-release. Still — I ...

"Helplessness makes me feel anxious," Charlene said as she twisted the Kleenex between her fingers. "I just need to be able to fix this." By "this," Charlene meant her boyfriend's problem drinking ...

In the early 2010s, Illinois lawmakers created the Tier Two pension benefit reduction in response to a ballooning state fiscal crisis. The goal was to curtail pension costs and stabilize the state’s ...

As a judge considers appointing a receiver to oversee the jails, there are two very different plans for how that would work. By Hurubie Meko A federal judge overseeing the Rikers Island jail complex ...

A desperate 911 call from a teenager threatening to harm himself led Fayetteville police to a home in November 2023. What began as a mental health check quickly turned into a missing persons ...

Britons face a tough choice over whether to fix their mortgage for two or five years, as the gap between rates on the two narrows. For those with a 40 per cent deposit or equity, the cheapest two-year ...