After Thursday's mass shooting, Dallas Police Chief David Brown has been lauded for the remarkable progress of the department during his tenure. But black Dallas activists say the praise ignores problems that remain.
President Obama's vision of hope amounts to a form of faith, and his Dallas speech showed the theological underpinnings for it.
As police officers spoke about their comrades who were killed by a shooter targeting white cops, a desire for Americans to work toward progress on race relations was palpable.
Many scholars see the prosperity gospel as part of a broader trajectory in the country鈥檚 religious and cultural history: a self-understanding of American exceptionalism.
The legislation, passed by the state Senate in May and taken up by the state Assembly Thursday, would, among other things, allow LGBT students to sue religious educational institutions.
Success in efforts to raise the minimum wage has sparked new efforts to take on a bigger challenge: recasting labor laws nearly a century old.
Scholars worry about the ongoing effects of the nation鈥檚 partisan gridlock, which is now also affecting the branch of government that is supposed to remain above the political fray.
The mood of a US naturalization ceremony in New York, on World Refugee Day, stands in contrast to political and media rhetoric that has emphasized fear, frustration, and wariness of refugees.
Bernie Sanders remains focused on now-dwindling hopes for the presidential nomination. But followers say his popularity reveals energy on the political left that will endure.
Both sides of the political spectrum see a rallying toward more direct voter decisionmaking and less filtering of electoral processes by political elites.
Donald Trump's behavior makes the fall election partly a referendum on how America views the acceptable treatment of women.
The Obama administration said Friday that all transgender students in public schools must be allowed to use bathrooms that match their gender identity 鈥� expanding the issue beyond Southern states.
The suits filed by North Carolina and the Department of Justice Monday reveal profoundly different understandings of both gender identity and interpretation of civil rights law.
If things play out according to form, most Bernie Sanders voters will end up backing Hillary Clinton. But very little in this election has played out to form.
Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Tuesday, winning the Indiana primary as Ted Cruz dropped out. It punctuates the power of the populist rebellion against the GOP elite.
Political parties choose their presidential nominees. But with more Americans opting out of parties, is the process representative of what America wants? The New York primary 鈥� and others ahead 鈥� offer insights.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump scored resounding wins in New York Tuesday. The results underscored Bernie Sanders's limitations, but still leave much to play for in the GOP race.
Millennials see Hillary Clinton through a radically different lens than older Democrats do. It is the stark difference between distrust and admiration.
An overwhelming majority of black voters have bucked this election鈥檚 big story lines and helped propel former Hillary Clinton, a consummate insider, to a substantial lead in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Political correctness has been a big issue on the right in this presidential election. But a joke by New York's liberal mayor has turned the political tables.
