Opinion

He is reportedly considering a return to construction of the southern border wall in order to fill in gaps.

While playing hardball may put points on the board in the short term, the GOP’s broadly anti-immigration platform is a losing strategy in the long term

For over 15 years, advocates have been working to improve this system to protect the needs of children. We call on Vice President Harris and the Biden administration to approach this issue with the urgency, accountability, and transparency it deserves — we can’t be back here in another year. Children’s futures depend on it.

At the moment, the future of American democracy doesn’t depend on a choice between Republicans and Democrats. It depends, instead, on which of the two Republican Party factions prevails in the current battle over voting rights.

Iranians have shown in protest slogans, social media discourse and open letters a wholesale rejection of the Islamist regime.

The U.S. should use this extraordinary moment to realign its trade policy with 21st century realities.

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Most Americans are anti-socialist, proud of their country, and feel they owe it profound allegiance.

More unpredictability leads to more anxiety and frustration.

Research on covert foreign money identified more than 100 cases of authoritarian regimes funneling money into democratic processes as a geopolitical weapon. 

The food system requires significant amounts of energy to operate, with attendant carbon dioxide emissions.

Executing climate policy on the evidence and rational decision-making is easier said than done.

Rep. Johnson, who currently chairs the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, believes that the commercial approach is not the way to go.

Scientific research integrity and the free and open sharing of scientific ideas insists on transparency.

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, tax cuts have been the only glue that holds increasingly disparate Republicans together.

Backing off the commitment to making monthly payments as part of new child tax credit would be a huge mistake.

Perhaps the “White Lives Matter” marches will amount to little more than a small number of disgruntled people expressing their angst, but the fact that such events have even been planned is cause for concern.

Much as companies would like to avoid sticking their necks out in the overheated and polarized American political environment, they simply cannot do so any longer.

Not since before the 78-year-old Biden was born has any president even considered adding seats to the Supreme Court.

Allegations of incitement will be hard to sustain unless the Supreme Court modernizes its rulings on the issue.

The tumult that ensued in Ithaca, N.Y., serves as a potent reminder that the issue is a minefield.

With hundreds of thousands of ways to break the law, no one can know all the ways they might do so.

Kim Jong Un has hailed his signature on the Singapore pact as a historic achievement for his government.

India will cooperate but will not become an American ally; nor will it drop its ties to Russia.

The shift to remote and mobile connectivity that COVID accelerated is here to stay.

State-led and state-sponsored cyberattacks have transformed the internet into a new battlefield.

With all our worry about the southern border, it turns out we need to be concerned about our other borders too.

To our nation’s Medicaid directors and other state leaders, take note: this new funding represents an unprecedented chance to allow more people the choice and control to remain in their homes and communities. 

Teacher residencies are a proven, effective model to recruiting, preparing and retaining an effective and diverse pipeline of teachers who are ready on day one

Pre-K for all can widen, rather than narrow, racial disparities in children’s early health and learning, say a pair of new studies.