The Supreme Court struck down a law that would force many Texas clinics to close. But for abortion providers in conservative areas, staying open is just the start.

Groups like al-Nusra are turning to charity stunts and service provision to ensure they have a loyal following even after Assad.

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.

Winning more than two elections was unthinkable. Then came FDR.

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.

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