We are anxious to find out whether the candidates can engage in the give-and-take with journalists that is essential in a functioning democracy.

On Aug. 29, the Obama administration welcomed the 10,000th Syrian refugee.

American women are having fewer children than at any other time on record.

The politics of fear are stalling much needed criminal justice reform.

Siguiendo el modelo de la célebre columna de America “The Word”, "La Palabra" será la primera publicación de America en español.

When Apple refused to help the F.B.I. hack into the iPhone of a shooter in the attack last December in San Bernardino, both sides claimed their actions defended the common good. Apple warned that intentionally breaking their own software would put the safety and privacy of millions of thei

Perhaps the E.I.T.C. needs a slogan as catchy as “Fight for $15.”

The news was big, the numbers behind it less so: The federal government announced it will end its use of private prisons, having deemed them less safe and less effective than government-run facilities. This is welcome news to those who are hoping for prison reform, yet the total number of facilities

The lives of readers are likely to be not only longer but deeper.