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

Since the start of 2016, ISIL has fought a sophisticated, multi-front battle for Libyan oil industry infrastructure from its stronghold...

Long before 31 governors declared that their states would refuse to accept Syrian refugees, some local pockets in the United States had...

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

In December of 2015, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that the New Year would bring an end to restrictions on women in the US...

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...

If a man’s career represents his life story, Ambassador Chas Freeman’s tells a tale of success, excitement, and — not surprisingly —...

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...

For the last three decades, anti-debt polemics have been the cause célèbre of self-styled “fiscal conservatives.” Over the course of...

On a tense Friday last August, two teenagers shed tears in a Concord, New Hampshire courthouse. One was Owen Labrie, a 19-year-old...

Contrary to popular belief, the socio-political influence of the church in the United States is not limited to the religious right. As...

The sheer mechanics of the Speaker’s election process help explain why the role has functionally developed into its current iteration. In...

Edward Snowden’s revelation that the US government was spying on millions of communications between civilians sent shock waves through...

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