Stripped of the region’s coal and ravaged by drugs, the people of Appalachia are fighting to survive.

Tom Perriello's insurgent campaign against Ralph Northam for Virginia governor is the biggest Democratic title bout since Hillary vs. Bernie.

A meatpacking town in Kansas opened its doors to Somali refugees. Then a group of Trump supporters plotted to kill them after Election Day.

The promise—and perils—of the fight against Trump.

In Western Sahara, 165,000 refugees are still fighting for their freedom.

Dave Grossman teaches police officers to think like "warriors." But is the rise of a militarized mindset turning black citizens into targets?

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

An elite police squad was supposed to clean up the streets of 1970s Detroit. Instead, it terrorized African Americans, and turned the city into a battleground.

Police from four countries joined forces to bring down a notorious human smuggler. Here's how they blew the operation—and why the crackdown on immigration is making things worse.

One family’s journey from Iraq to Ohio—and how life has changed under Trump.

How did Donald Trump—a thrice-married, biblically illiterate sexual predator—hijack the religious right?

A declaration of independence from Trump's America.

All across America, Klan and neo-Nazi groups are not only flourishing—they’re joining forces.

Jill Stein and a ragtag team of computer experts decided to take America's elections to court. Here's how it all went wrong.

He built a grassroots machine of two million supporters eager to fight for change. Then he let it die. This is the untold story of Obama’s biggest mistake—and how it paved the way for Trump.

What we can do, from Congress to the streets

From Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter, the left has been reborn. Can it find a way to harness the populist uprising that brought Trump to power?

Robert Dear shot up a Planned Parenthood clinic and killed three people. Did the right-wing media help turn a disturbed loner into a mass murderer?

How decades of economic hardship and neglect have turned Nebraska's farming towns into Donald Trump country.

What did Barack Obama accomplish? And how much of it will survive in the age of Trump? Five historians and political observers weigh in.