The Framers would have never tolerated debt-limit brinkmanship. It’s time to put this terrible idea on trial.

The Republicans defame the dead in service of a scoundrel.

The protagonist of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s most famous musical helped build the world in which his modern-day heroes are struggling to live.

They’ve responded to Trump’s makeover of the courts with legislative nonstarters and shortsighted proposals. But the party first needs to sell the public on its vision for a liberal judiciary.

Does an empire of consumers have any hope of saving the planet?

How John Marshall built the Supreme Court around his political agenda

How the divide between rich and poor has undermined the Constitution.

The Founders knew that economic inequality would destroy America's democracy. So why can't the Constitution save us?

This weekend, photographer Jackson Krule pursues the musical as it makes its long-awaited journey to the Tony Awards.

The long and tragical history of post-partisanship, from Washington to Obama.