We are entering peak flu season, and a new variant known as subclade k is spreading quickly across the country, driving a ...

The Trump administration is reviving the Monroe Doctrine for Latin America. The aim: keeping China out and securing oil and resources for itself.

IF A SINGLE political idea has tied Americans together over their first quarter of a millennium, it is that one-person rule is a mistake. Most Americans also agree that the federal government is slow ...

Why does this test dominate so much space in and out of the classroom? The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, better known as the STAAR test, looms large over education in Texas. Kids ...

Today we look at the state of American inertia. By Sam Sifton I am the host of this newsletter. American history is full of transformative industrial, technological and architectural innovations.