Alexander Burns is POLITICO's senior executive editor, North America. He was previously POLITICO's head of news. He has ...

As people go hungry, does it really make sense for Democrats and Republicans to keep fighting a political battle?

The United States government is in the grips of one of its longest-running funding gaps in history. The ongoing government shutdown has already stretched ...

Amid a wave of mass protests against social inequality, Peru’s nominal opposition parties are doing everything possible to block any actions against recently installed President José Jerí.

Tim Wu’s "The Age of Extraction" argues that Big Tech’s dominance is squeezing businesses, distorting markets, and destabilizing democracy.

The November/December issue of the Washington Monthly print magazine, "How the Democrats Can Go On Offense," is here.

If the labor movement is going to defeat Donald Trump and other anti-worker politicians, Painters union president Jimmy Williams Jr writes, it will need a wellspring of organized workers.

Jacobin sat down with the Economist’s Mike Bird to talk about his new book The Land Trap, on why land retains its centrality in our economy even into the digital age — and how land ownership cements ...

The overnight sensation leading NYC polls has a lot in common with another telegenic young politician who skyrocketed to fame.

Republican Tommy Feldman and Democrat Louis Rosenthal will face off for the Delaware County controller position. Controller ...

This week’s election will likely mark another milestone in the partitioning of America into divergent and increasingly hostile blocs of red and blue states.

Andrew Cuomo’s June primary loss to Zohran Mamdani has been framed as the triumph of charisma — a magnetic candidate who mastered social media to topple a powerhouse. That’s the takeaway many ...