The last time Donald Trump was President, America engaged in a frequently painful national conversation about race and police brutality, with many arguing that we had a set of laws in place that ...

President Donald Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) For much of the 20th century, ...

In The Vital Center: The Politics of Freedom (1949), Arthur Schlesinger Jr. argued that a healthy democracy should balance progressive reforms with a commitment to individual freedom, human rights and ...

Recent political developments signal a potentially devastating reversal in efforts to address systemic racial inequities within American law enforcement. The proposed suspension of police reform ...

There has long been a tug-of-war over White House plans to make government more liberal or more conservative. Douglas Rissing/iStock / Getty Images Plus For much of the 20th century, efforts to remake ...