Why House Democrats whiffed on a popular bill to restrict members of Congress from owning and trading stock.

Regulators were told of concerns at a major manufacturing hub months before they took action.

A fifth of Venezuela’s population has fled the country in the last decade. Many are seeking asylum in the U.S.

A deep dive into longtermism.

Critical race theory isn’t taught in public schools. Should it be?

Potential polling pitfalls; Brett Favre and the greater scandal of states misusing federal welfare funds; and Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Italy’s neo-fascist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Maybe it’s time to rethink the great separation in sports.

As Justice Jackson takes her seat, a court gone wild gets back to work

How a mandatory buyout program in Harris County is upending a decades-old community.

Owners who act badly can expect sympathetic treatment and a departure that’s more or less on their terms.

In years past, Iran’s ruling elite have shrugged off protests as a result of economic hardships imposed by the west. Will this time be different, as demonstrators set their hijab on fire, striking at a core pillar of Iran’s repressive regime?

Warnings for the midterms from a chaotic primary in Otero County, New Mexico.

The documentary Defining US spotlights hard work and hope in diverse schools.

The war in Ukraine and climate change are forcing countries to rethink their stance on nuclear power.

New York alleges massive fraud by the Trumps; Ron DeSantis trafficks asylum seekers; and Dahlia Lithwick’s Lady Justice.

Britney Spears has been released from her conservatorship, but not the public spotlight.

How laws in Texas and Florida take aim at social media companies and how they moderate content.

Five years ago, Hurricane Maria devastated the island's fragile infrastructure. In the aftermath of Fiona, little seems to have changed.

How inaction on climate, curriculum, and right-wing extremism drove one 18-year-old to unseat an incumbent.

The left seems vaguely aware it exists, while the right views it as the talisman to bring the whole Biden family down.

The left seems vaguely aware it exists, while the right views it as the talisman to bring the whole Biden family down.

A proposed 15-week abortion ban shows that even the GOP isn’t holding to states-rights talking points.

Human trafficking victims in Asia are being forced into scamming people online.

Black educators are fleeing classrooms at a higher rate. Why?

Anne Applebaum on Ukraine’s advances, Lindsey Graham’s national abortion ban bill; and the controversy over minimum education standards for religious schools in New York.