The United States is in the grip of an era of violent populism. Threats and acts of political violence have been on the rise for roughly a decade, affecting a wide variety of victims, including ...

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, the Democratic Socialists of America are on the brink of winning power. At the same, the party is moderating its platform. Can the DSA expand its ...

In 2026, the United States stands at such a threshold – and the energy, courage, and solidarity already stirring across the ...

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, Democrats are failing to forcefully stand up to President Trump. If they can’t check the president’s power grab, how can they convince the public ...

When Donald Trump won reelection in November 2024, much of the American establishment responded with a shrug. After all, Trump had been democratically elected, even winning the popular vote. And ...

In recent years, the United States has seen an increase in the number of left-wing terrorism attacks and plots, although such violence has risen from very low levels and remains much lower than ...

Anyone who thinks the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations (and who doesn’t?) should pay attention to what’s happening in ...

Robert Peters is a Senior Research Fellow for Strategic Deterrence in Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security. The U.S. should help India to build a strategy of denial in the Indian Ocean that ...

Cuts to higher education risk leaving America behind in the global race for influence on the continent. Africa programmes at colleges and universities across the US have lost tens of millions of ...