To bear less responsibility in the 21st century will do the United States good, even it it means less American power.

What are the architects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreements trying to keep secret?

Putin’s Russia now takes the United Nations Security Council far more seriously than the U.S. government does.

Is it really a surprise that the U.S. poor need support from programs like food stamps?

How much does the United States spend each year on gun injuries, crimes and consequences?

How Republicans and their cynical allies deal with America’s real problems.

How much longer can we tolerate misguided compensation packages for corporate executives?

How credible are the Republicans claims that they support the poor?

In a triumph of Western democracy, the interventionist impulses of US and UK are cut down to size.

How much has Arctic shipping grown in just a few years?