Like Obama, JFK and LBJ found their agendas stymied by a hostile Congress, until American voters stepped in to demand change.

If the United States no longer seems so different from other developed nations, and if perhaps it never did, then it has lessons to learn from them.

From Elmer Ellsworth to Bree Newsome, Americans have risked life and limb to remove a symbol of a cause they revile.

In recent decades higher-education institutions have tried to lure students with extravagant amenities, but some are finding that these attempts can actually threaten enrollment and retention.   

A new citizen. Small-business owners. A high-school student. In Pennsylvania, the country’s fastest-growing electorate is diverse and divided.