In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation that would write definitions of male and female into state ...

Republicans in the House of Representatives have vowed to call up the SAVE Act once again. Here's the likelihood of it ...

Republican lawmakers on Tuesday removed condoms and long-acting contraceptives from a proposed Indiana program that seeks to ...

In Alabama, we have commonsense. We know what a woman is. We know that God created us, man or woman,” said Rep. Susan Dubose.

Ohio GOP Bernie Moreno, elected in November, has reintroduced the English Language Unity Act, which would make English the ...

The Republicans have a new voter registration bill, the SAVE Act, which experts warn could be a major threat to voting rights ...

Byron Donalds was filming HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher in California on Friday, the same day his voting card was used to cast two votes on the House floor.

America’s early leaders were worried not only about demagogues like Donald Trump, but about the rise of an antidemocratic, ...

Barely a month after predicting a new "golden age" under President Donald Trump, congressional Republicans are struggling to ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is frequently invoked by Trump.

Past Republican-led legislative efforts to curb the rights of transgender people have been either temporarily blocked or ...