When Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama in 2008, her emotional concession speech highlighted something she...

As Kate McKinnon takes the SNL stage in her monochromatic pantsuit, a conniving grin appears on her face. She acts out one of the...

In the world of GOP politics, the issues of border security and immigration have fused together: If the border isn’t secured then any...

The rise of Donald Trump has been described as “unprecedented, illogical, and incredible.” The latter two adjectives can be argued for...

Last summer, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wrote an opinion piece in the Boston Globe entitled “The War on the Middle Class.” He...

In recent weeks, Donald Trump has maintained his Kardashian-esque grasp of the headlines — despite arguably xenophobic, misogynist, and...

During the primary season, news cycles are dominated by a plethora of poll numbers telling us who’s up, who’s down, and who’s crushing...

Martin O’Malley’s recent exit from the Democratic primary after a disappointing showing in the Iowa Caucus failed to garner much...

The figure of the political outsider has never been hotter in American politics, a trend that predictably corresponds with the longest...

“It’s not done…Hillary Clinton will always be there for you.” With these words, Madeleine Albright, the first female US Secretary of...

Apart from its romanticization in The West Wing, political speechwriting in the United States gets little public attention. The ghost...

As Republicans and Democrats ramp up for more primary contests this week, one has everyone biting their nails: The Nevada caucuses are...

On February 13, 2016, the United States legal realm lost an influential and revered icon. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s...

Carly Fiorina’s position as a conservative woman and relative outsider in the Republican presidential primary offered the GOP an enticing...

The 2016 Republican presidential primary has been – in a word – unpredictable. Ink and airtime have been monopolized by a confounding...

A century has passed since the first woman was elected to the United States Congress, but that timespan has yielded little progress in...

Is it Super PACs or the liberal media that’s corrupting Washington? While most presidential candidates recognize the American political...

It was hard to ignore CNN’s attempts to publicize the most recent Republican debate. The cable news channel released an ad nearly a month...

In a recent Gallup survey, respondents ranked different professions according to perceptions of honesty and ethical standards. Nurses hit...

In June of 2015, when the Supreme Court finally legalized same-sex marriage, many activists began celebrating the end of the culture...