For nearly a century, American presidents — Democrats and Republicans alike — have operated under an unspoken agreement: that ...

Elections for the U.S. House of Representatives are every two years because the Framers of the Constitution wanted them to be close to the people.

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

CoPo's weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

The two contestants from Sprague High School in Salem astounded everyone, including themselves, with their performance in the ...

Among those watching the Lexington reenactment was Brandon Mace, a lieutenant colonel with the Army Reserve whose ancestor ...

Virginia has a Republican triplex and a divided trifecta. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. The Democratic Party controls both chambers ...

The Communist Party pledges its un­qualified support for the Freedom Charter. It considers that the achievement of its aims will answer the pressing and immediate needs of the people and lay the ...