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We are anxious to find out whether the candidates can engage in the give-and-take with journalists that is essential in a functioning democracy.

On Aug. 29, the Obama administration welcomed the 10,000th Syrian refugee.

When Apple refused to help the F.B.I. hack into the iPhone of a shooter in the attack last December in San Bernardino, both sides claimed their actions defended the common good. Apple warned that intentionally breaking their own software would put the safety and privacy of millions of thei

Perhaps the E.I.T.C. needs a slogan as catchy as “Fight for $15.”

The news was big, the numbers behind it less so: The federal government announced it will end its use of private prisons, having deemed them less safe and less effective than government-run facilities. This is welcome news to those who are hoping for prison reform, yet the total number of facilities

If you think these artificial modifications to the human person sound worrying, you are not alone.

Seventy-two percent of U.S. residents and 85 percent of Mexico’s residents oppose the construction of a wall along the border.

For decades the idea of a single-payer health care system for all has been by turns glorified and vilified.

Conditions in Venezuela appear to be reaching a complete breakdown.

Residents of San Francisco will need to budget plenty of time for voting this fall.