Instead of moving forward, the wheel of history has turned back to the 19 th century world of strongmen and power politics, ...

As we honor Constitution Day on Sept. 17, let us recommit not only to the rule of law, but to the habits of citizenship that ...

The administration’s detention and removal of immigrants without free speech, due process, and judicial authority is a crisis for immigrants and a sign that our democracy is in peril. The first 100 ...

The rise of disinformation is not a distant, hypothetical danger. It is already here. It is already shaping perceptions, shifting public trust and sharpening divisions.

Democracy is in danger. Voter suppression efforts are once again on the rise, most recently embodied in the reintroduction of the "SAVE Act." Initially passed by the House in 2024 and revived again in ...

The Constitution, properly interpreted, protects workers. But the Trump administration isn’t going to enforce those protections unless labor fights for them. Over the past half century, the Supreme ...

On April 12, Gabon will go to the polls to select its next president. The election will mark the first time in more than five decades that the ballot does not include a candidate named Bongo, marking ...

The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. On April 29, 1999, ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Right Livelihood Award was awarded Wednesday to activists from Sudan and Myanmar, where military and political violence devastates communities, to the Pacific Islands, where ...

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele's anti-gang campaign has yielded tangible results—homicide rates have dropped ...

Each September, Constitution Day reminds us not only of a document drafted more than two centuries ago, but of a promise that survives only if we choose to keep it alive. The Constitution belongs to ...