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In a meeting on Capitol Hill 15 years ago, a respected foreign policy analyst said that most national security assessments

Many people today can mock appeals for understanding between partisans with the phrase, “can’t we all just get along?” For

With less than 5 percent of the planet’s population, the United States houses 22 percent of the world’s prisoners. The

The genetics revolution is already reshaping healthcare—and most people see in it the potential for healthier children, healthier adults, and

Afghanistan is known to most Americans as the site of America’s longest war. Since 2001, the United States has sent

Politics, it’s often said, is a tough game. But lost in the back and forth over policies are the lives

For generations, American politicians have promised reducing—or even eliminating—poverty as one of their goals. In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson went

On September 22, 1928, a four-year-old girl named Barbara Griffiths disappeared in the woods near the small town of Massena,

Almost a decade ago, protests swept across North Africa and the Middle East, toppling some authoritarian leaders and threatening others.