His writings had greater influence on the 20^th century than those of anyone else. But is Karl Marx still relevant in the 21^st century?

Let’s conduct a little thought experiment: What if the 2016 race had come down to Dick Cheney vs. Al Sharpton?

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The NRA has spun a story of the Second Amendment’s origins that has nothing to do with its real ones.

Ta-Nehisi Coates has managed to write a book on America’s racial dilemmas without involving either Barack Obama or Martin Luther King, Jr. Or has he?

Many Republicans sincerely believe that if Barack Obama wins a second term as President, America as we know it may cease to exist. Some Democrats are equally passionate in their belief that a Romney election would fundamentally alter the social contract, return us to disastrous Bush policies, and maybe get us into a war with […]

Millionaire Wall Streeters, media mavens and corporate titans make for unlikely populists.