When one party becomes detached from reality.

On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency

Are you a candidate for public office who is running out of nice, glowing things to say about yourself?

Roger Ailes's success at Fox News is unique, but the project of creating a right-leaning alternative to established media stretches back to the 1940s.

How the Nobel Prize–winning economist James M. Buchanan shaped today’s antigovernment politics

J Boyd article on K P Phillips' theory as expressed in his book The Emerging Republican Majority that there is inevitable cycle of Repub dominance that will begin in late '60s and prosper until 21st...

The baseball great warned of lasting repercussion for black voters during Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign.

The 42 minute recording, acquired by James Carter IV, confirms Atwater’s incendiary remarks and places them in context.

Bob Herbert Op-Ed column says he is not surprised to hear Republican operative Bill Bennett claim that crime rate would be reduced by aborting every black baby in country; says he has come to expect...

Mr. Bush expressed no regret for the Horton ad, and some of his longtime allies have long argued that he got a bad rap for something that was not really of his making.

A botched voter purge prevented thousands from voting—and empowered a new generation of voting-rights critics.

Trump should read these before spending money on his own.

Roberts remains at the center of an impassioned debate about voting rights in America.

Bush paid a price for violating the department’s independence — and so should Trump.

Jane Mayer on Hans von Spakovsky, a Republican lawyer who has promoted strict voter-I.D. laws and stoked fears of voter fraud.

Ari Berman of Mother Jones warns that a Republican strategy to tighten access to the ballot box could have a major impact on the 2018 elections. "It could be tainted by voter suppression," he says.

He has fought to undermine voting rights his entire career.

In the five years since the landmark decision, the Supreme Court has set the stage for a new era of white hegemony.

Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear.

A close-up on John Solomon's role in the impeachment saga, and the black nationalist origins of Justice Clarence Thomas.