The news media has been oddly quiet about a shocking accusation. Why?

In 1944, Julian Shipley had to answer a judge’s questions to become a citizen of the United States. 77 years later, his grandson took the same test and found a glimmer of hope for America’s future....

The virtual currency is scarce, sovereign and a great place for the rich to store their wealth.

Taxpayers deserve a thorough examination into potential fraud before the government closes the books.

Europe’s trade deal with South America should be amended to work against deforestation.

An ‘experimental approach to alleviating global poverty’ is controversial, but it’s also incredibly valuable to leaders in developing countries.

For-profit lockups don’t save taxpayer money or improve outcomes for inmates.

This year's sell-off may not yet be fully justified by facts on the ground, but the risks are becoming clearer.

When mainstream leaders of the party can't even utter their nominee's name, that says something.

For Democrats, the key to success in 2022 is a disciplined agenda in 2021.

In 1944, Julian Shipley had to answer a judge’s questions to become a citizen of the United States. 77 years later, his grandson took the same test and found a glimmer of hope for America’s future....

Pete Buttigieg wants to bring Americans together by making civic work mandatory. Here’s a better way.

It’s too bad that political polarization and rising crime are stifling bipartisan interest in curbing the “qualified immunity” that protects perpetrators of official misbehavior.

In a historic session of the Bundestag, the German government bids adieu to decades of naivete.

Stimulus payments of $2,000 will be a big boost to those that need it, and won't do any harm to the economy. Most of all, it's politically savvy.

The move ushers in fresh questions about the Fed and the economy.

Russia’s invading troops must listen to people exactly like them swearing at them in their language as the worst kind of uninvited guests.

It may be tempting for lawmakers to shelve major fiscal relief efforts if a vaccine is on the way. That would be a mistake.

Yes, Los Angeles and New York make the list for low rental affordability, but so do Rochester and Tucson — and San Jose and San Francisco don’t.

The destruction keeps getting costlier, and somebody’s got to pay for it.

The Covid-19 crisis is another example of the nation’s inability to effectively respond to pressing challenges.

The global market is facing its biggest disruption in more than three decades.

International arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and another official are meant to deter the Russians. But we need more efforts to find the deported children.

The revival of handwriting could counter the threat to education from AI-generated text. It might also bring benefits to learning that keyboard typing doesn't.

Fires, blackouts, high taxes, poverty, scarce housing, urban squalor, lousy schools — it’s a wonder anybody stays.

There are nine reasons Trump may still win, but none seems likely.

Bad budget planning and a lack of leadership threaten the most basic mission of government.

Freeing up U.S. labor markets would spread the benefits of growth more widely.

One way to break the immigration impasse: Let states take responsibility for immigrants to fill local needs.

Hit them in the algorithms.

U.S. policy makers need to wake up to the potential of digital currency and electronic payments and the peril of allowing China to dominate them.

Candid feedback, in theory, helps keep everybody honest, unless there's a thumb on the scale.

It’s no exaggeration to say that the abortion decision, written by Justice Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, is one of the worst decisions in the court's history.

Supporters of the repeal say it will free up internet providers to innovate, while opponents fear the online world will become more like cable TV.

Presidents sworn in during crises are popular at first. But unforeseen events can soon change that.

A California county’s efforts to stop the spread has also become a battle with the public’s denial. Erica Dykehouse will wait for minds to change.

The sharp blow to the economy from the pandemic seems to be easing even as a deep, long-term slowdown sets in.

Not a few supposed nationalists put their own political interests ahead of those of their nations.

There’s lots of new information on how our bodies cope with Covid-19.

Low interest rates, tame inflation and coming pension reforms bolster the country’s equity market.

Like his two predecessors, the president may discover that building useful new stuff is harder than it seems.

Deals forged by countries accounting for more than one-third of global output leave America on the outside.

White supremacists should finally receive the government attention they deserve.

The money that Democrats like to invest in clean power is largely spent in Republican districts.

In 1944, Julian Shipley had to answer a judge’s questions to become a citizen of the United States. 77 years later, his grandson took the same test and found a glimmer of hope for America’s future....