You have to take your wins where you can get them, and given that 2025 has consisted of day after day and month after month ...

After the patriots won the American Revolution, there were tens of thousands of citizens who fled to England and Canada rather than be a member of a democracy. And while the support that swept Trump ...

Our proximity to each other makes the dominant political order easy to reinforce and hard to change. It makes dissenting voices rare, and opens space to delegitimise opposition and create new tiers ...

When Donald Trump won reelection in November 2024, much of the American establishment responded with a shrug. After all, Trump had been democratically elected, even winning the popular vote. And ...

For almost six months, Arturo Gamboa stayed silent. Now that prosecutors agree he committed no crime in connection with a ...

Eroding checks and balances in the age of Trump.

Before Rep. Jasmine Crockett announced her candidacy for the Texas Democratic Senate primary this week, many Houstonians were ...

M. Gessen is an Opinion columnist for The Times. They won a George Polk Award for opinion writing in 2024. They are the ...

Americans will no longer get free admission to the country's national parks in observance of MLK Jr. Day and Juneteenth, but ...

Benin's president said the "situation is completely under control" in his country after the government thwarted an attempted ...

Along with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), the Fight Club includes Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chris ...