Despite protests in New York and beyond, police reform is in a dismal state.
Ancient Israelites and modern voters want to know what you've done for them lately.
Does it make democracy more representative or more confusing?
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that websites on that continent can be responsible for their commenters' over-the-top statements. Beware, rest of the world.
The companies that sell information about how much money you make—and whether you’re pregnant, divorced, or trying to lose weight—are facing new scrutiny.
In response to a public records request, the super-snooping spy agency says it doesn’t have the technology.
Has the NSA been collecting all Americans' phone records, what surveillance powers does the government believe it has under the Patriot Act, and other unanswered questions.
An off comment by a conservative pundit has reignited the idea of having young Americans do a stint of service for their nation.
Academics and advocates are asking if there were lots more women in the U.S. government whether the debt-ceiling debacle would have been allowed to develop.
The ghost of Mao can certainly be divined in China's current anti-vulgarity campaign, but he may have to take a back seat to capitalist-roaders Chiang Kai-shek and Lee Kuan Yew.
Researchers fear that a lawsuit aimed at the developer of the "hockey stick" temperature map is actually a political salvo at science.
A public option for U.S. health care has been refashioned as a decision for individual states. Might some states most in need spurn the offer?
The hidden costs of all energy choices aren't posted on the pump, but, nonetheless, they're just as real.
Five ways to safeguard voting rights and how close Senate races could save the election reform movement.
With fewer than two weeks before Election Day, lawyers for both parties are in the courtroom sparring over voting rights.
The politics of the Last Frontier are a strange brew of libertarianism, moralism, privacy and a love of government handouts.
Ohio directive issued Friday says 60-day notice can't be used to challenge voters.