The Globalist

Should the Democratic Party be fortunate enough to rise to power again, the question arises: What will they do with it?

Why Republicans will be in power even after Democratic Party voting gains.

It will take future Democrats large majorities, luck and sustained effort to undo the national and global damage imposed by the Trump administration.

Stagnation and inequality could lead to a Second Progressive Era in the United States – or something far more dangerous instead.

Where Donald Trump is undisciplined and entertaining, Mike Pence is very disciplined and boring. But that discipline will not benefit the Americans at large.

Among countries with populations of at least 100,000 people, which woman holds the record for the longest uninterrupted tenure as the elected head of government?

Qatar makes longer-term investments in religious or ideological factions.

Close family ties were a way of life in early American presidential politics.

Should the Democrats act like Republicans – and block Trump’s new Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch, just as Obama’s nominee Garland was blocked?

The repeal of “Obamacare” is an alarming story about the quasi-dictatorial powers that billionaires have in the U.S. political system.