The sociologist Matthew Desmond believes that being poor is different in the U.S. than in other rich countries.

What respondents tell pollsters doesn’t always make sense. But working out policy complexities isn’t the average voter’s job.

Material-cost inflation, anti-building rules, NIMBY attitudes, and barriers to innovation have created a housing-affordability crisis.

Across the country, communities are starkly divided, with African Americans living in one section and whites living in another, and a lot of people seem to be okay with that.

This monster storm has matched early forecasts for a season of major hurricanes.