A federal court Tuesday struck down the new Republican congressional map of Texas that aimed to flip up to five Democratic seats, ruling that the new districts amount to illegal racial gerrymandering ...

With some significant bills around cellphones and social media already signed, and the wide-open governor's race still looming, the next few years in California politics could be consequential for ed ...

The Senate has approved the Epstein Files Transparency Act to compel the release of documents, after the House passed it 427 ...

A new survey conducted by Pew Research Center highlights some of the biggest issues in the ongoing controversy over ...

The Nov. 4 election was the brightest spot the Democrats experienced in a while. But will it last...? Two writers of The Root dig in to figure it out!

Psaki could not be more correct — except nobody really got that message, because as usual, the “sensational” made news and ...

We all should have the humility to recognize that other people have different perspectives on how to create a better way of life ...

A recent Tucker Carlson interview with far-right influencer Nick Fuentes has stirred controversy at the Heritage Foundation, ...

A shift from debate to dialogue and from certainty to humility is often a game changer in both families and politics.

Peter T. Coleman is a professor of psychology and education at Columbia University. He is the author of “The Way Out: How to ...

The government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. The ongoing 36-day closure has sparked disputes over a range of topics — from the separation of powers and the federal workforce, to food ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Economic worries were the dominant concern as voters cast ballots for Tuesday’s elections, according to preliminary findings from the AP Voter Poll. The results of the expansive ...