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Friends say I’m obsessed with the US economy. And they’d be right. First, there’s its sheer size: 24 per cent of global GDP on 4 per cent of the population. Second, its relentlessness: prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, America was enjoying its longest-ever economic expansion. Third, the wealth it generates…

The U.S. continues to far outspend other developed nations while seeing worsening health outcomes.

Racial battle fatigue is real — and it's time to put an end to it the madness

Three families – including mine – opted for a different kind of American dream. Now we see the world differently

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It is very rare that anything monumental gets done in America's political system without strong public support. That's certainly the case with gun control.

Perhaps the first time you heard the phrase “checks and balances” was in middle school civics class. Not surprising, since it’s a cornerstone of American democracy. The executive, legislative and judicial branches of government act as counterweights to each other, so that no single branch dominates.

Cindy Williams, who was among the most recognizable stars in America in the 1970s and 1980s for her role as Shirley opposite Penny Marshall's Laverne on the beloved sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," has died, her family said Monday. Williams died in Los Angeles at age 75 on Wednesday after a…

BALTIMORE — With the ancient, dimly lit Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel behind him, President Joe Biden touted job creation and labor agreements Monday during a visit to Baltimore to highlight replacement of the tunnel, which has come to symbolize America’s crumbling infrastructure.

As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.”