New reminders of the consequences—big and small—of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

For years, the conservative majority has worked to cement a system where entrenched leaders pick their voters in a bid to stay in power indefinitely.

Opponents of same-sex unions try to convince the Supreme Court that the state has no interest in "love and commitment."

In a pair of rulings on partisan gerrymandering and the census, Chief Justice John Roberts enshrined the nation’s modern form of winner-take-all politics into law.

Twenty-one children brought a lawsuit arguing that the government needs to act on climate change. A federal court dismissed it.

I thought I was writing fiction in The Handmaid’s Tale.

The Supreme Court's ruling on campaign finance means that all but the most blatant corruption is likely to escape the law's scrutiny.

Last week, the justices set a grim precedent for civil rights.