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With a new, mid-cycle redistricting war raging in state after state, the media and politicians focus on which party is winning or losing seats. But are citizens winning or losing in this conflict?

As support for secessionist movements increases, it's vital that political leaders reduce the divisions that threaten to tear the US apart.

President Trump OK'd a naval buildup in the Caribbean, strikes on boats in international waters and covert operations in Venezuela. A military analyst can't see a coherent strategy or objective.

The 1984 murder of a Black grandmother in her Bronx apartment sparked an ongoing movement against police brutality and neglect of the mentally ill.

Kristi Noem's claim that antifa is like the Islamic State group blurs the line between protest and terrorism - a political move unsupported by evidence.

Anti-immigrant housing policies have been cast as a way for citizens to access more housing, but they fail to prevent the shortages driving the crises.

Creators who conceal financial support while weighing in on matters of interest to their funders are falsely presenting themselves as independent voices.

President Donald Trump is trying to prescribe the style and content of many federal sites to highlight his own authority and promote a particular view of America.

Is former FBI Director James Comey's attempt to get his prosecution thrown out a legal slam-dunk? It may look like that to the public, but it's not.

From grave robbing to road construction, a cemetery in Richmond, Va., reveals the long pattern of Black Americans burying their dead in spaces that received few protections.