Get live updates and the latest news as Illinois holds primary elections and Congress weighs voter identification requirements through the Trump-backed SAVE America Act.

As in every other facet of his politics, the second Trump administration has taken the freeform and diffuse loathing of media scrutiny he displayed in his first presidency and concentrated it. Adding ...

Historian Barry McNealy teaches high school history and works with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. He'll give a public ...

Iran war is driving skyrocketing global oil prices and creating a political liability for world leaders, including Donald Trump, ahead of crucial elections.

In a conversation with pianist Lara Downes, the New Yorker staff writer says music in America will keep evolving as long as the country keeps an open door to new people and new sounds.

To call trans academic Susan Stryker a community hero is a massive understatement. She has been fighting our battles in print and online for decades, and her work documenting trans history and ...

Today is Saint Patrick’s Day, a time when we Irish Americans like to honor our Irish heritage and reflect on what our culture ...

The Libertarian Party of Illinois and the Illinois Green Party have been working with legislators since at least 2013 to reform these election laws.

We wanted to know from readers who should be included in our list of women who helped shape Rhode Island. These are some of ...

Yesterday would have been the 75th birthday of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League who was assassinated in 1977. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first St. Patrick’s Day in City Hall may start with something more pointed than the usual breakfast-pageantry circuit: a lesson in Irish history from one of his closest labor ...

Lena Epstein and Michael Schostak are set to be the nominees in November as each party may nominate two candidates for regent.