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CHICAGO - Alex Kotlowitz sat at the head of the room, a hand on his broad forehead, another holding a pen poised over a student paper. Around him sat the 19 undergraduates at Northwestern University who had registered for his class, "The Journalism o

To hear the media tell it, Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is soft on white-collar crime. First came the news that an attorney for Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. had arranged a fund-raiser for Vance after he refused to prosecute them f

Doug Todd had never organized a political event, and before February, he had never even been to a protest. But several weeks ago, he helped pack 200 people into the Tower Theatre in Roseville, California, for a town hall meeting with local Congressma

Data indicates that 100% of Americans who belong to the lowest income group are either ‘very’ or ‘quite’ proud of their country. Why is that?

A Beltway scandal that calls into question the independence of a Google-backed think tank strengthens the argument that tech has too much money.

The Triumphant Individual, the Benevolent Community, the Mob at the Gates, the Rot at the Top. Four narratives define America – true Americans must define them

Since 2016, the Trump resistance has suggested a number of ways to keep another Donald Trump from winning a presidential election. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, for example, argues that Democrats should embrace stronger populist economic polic

To a conservative mind, socialism is getting something for nothing. Yet this is what the president promotes for the wealthy

A new book argues that the giving patterns of today’s wealthy may present challenges to the democratic process.