While the pain of legislative dysfunction has never been more keenly felt, reforms that all sides agree upon are still possible.

With jobless Americans nearing the edge of the cliff, lawmakers are preparing to give them all a little push.

Millions of people are in danger of losing a benefit that has kept their heads above water. These are some of their stories.

Millionaires in Congress have long since lost touch with most constituents’ concerns.

There has been a profound disconnect between the hagiography surrounding his death and the response to the radicalism he helped inspire.

This week’s job numbers demonstrate that this is no time to compromise with Mitch McConnell.

Voters in the District and Puerto Rico deserve representation, and the party’s ambitions just might depend on it.

The U.S. has historically chosen war to address all kinds of problems: terror, drugs, unfriendly countries. This time is different.

The chief mechanism of wealth accumulation relentlessly and unfailingly pits the American people against their elected representatives.

Despite the pandemic, OSHA is refusing to enforce a rule that protects employees from fatal hazards.

Only a few months ago, Silicon Valley was the subject of intense criticism in Washington and beyond. Then the pandemic struck.

The longer Congress refuses to address the student loan crisis, the worse it will get.

American democracy is broken. Here’s how to fix it.

Politicians and pundits are always lamenting the division in Washington. Well, Congress came together to address the coronavirus crisis—and failed.

Subsidizing stopgap insurance may enrich providers, but it's not a solution for this crisis. I know because I’m on it.

Legislators have fled Washington and won’t meet again until May—a colossal, bipartisan failure of leadership in a time of crisis.

Congress needs to get serious about ramping up widespread testing if it wants to prevent a brutal downturn.

“We are who we are because of the people who raised us,” said Deb Haaland, one of two Native women in Congress.

The “emergency” fixes being introduced in response to the coronavirus are just a properly functioning welfare state.

Once again, the New Mexico representative was a lonely voice on a hearing about Indigenous rights and the desecration of sacred sites on the border.