Donald Trump made one of the most stunning political statements in recent memory yesterday when he called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."

Campaign spokespeople quickly clarified...

In the somber days since ISIS terrorists killed 130 people in coordinated attacks on Paris, elected leaders from around the world have been searching for solutions. But far too many American politicians have fallen back, instead, on that old standby in times of crisis: Stirring up fear and finding someone,...

On Wednesday, if you subject yourself to watching the Republican presidential debates, you'll see a television ad that, at first, seems out of place in its reasonableness. It tells viewers that, "the immigration debate should not be about the color of people's skin." Sponsored by a group you've likely never...

On Thursday, Americans braced ourselves as reports trickled in about yet another mass shooting, this one at a community college in Oregon, leaving 10 people dead.

It was a horrific scene that we’d seen too many times before. But Jeb Bush was taking it in stride, and told an interviewer...

There were plenty of terrifying moments in this month's Republican presidential debate on CNN, but one of the most terrifying, to me, was when the candidates started to complain that the current U.S. Supreme Court isn't conservative enough.

Specifically, Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz went...

Sarah Palin had a few things to say in a CNN interview this week. She called the science of climate change "bogus." She said President Obama should carry "a big stick instead of a selfie stick." She demanded that immigrants "speak American." When asked if presidential candidates should...

If you are running for office as a Republican today, you have to mention your reverence for the Constitution at least as much as you mention your love for Ronald Reagan.

The Second Amendment -- every word should be taken literally because it was literally ordained by...

On some of the highest profile issues in the country, Republicans have painted themselves into a corner. Republican strategists and pundits have wasted hours of breath and gallons of ink agonizing over their party's nasty response to America's growing acceptance of LGBT equality; and they've agonized ad nauseum about how...

The abandonment of the Confederate battle flag by conservative politicians and organizations that previously defended it as a noble symbol of "heritage, not hate" is welcome, if long overdue. And the subsequent move by large corporations to stop selling the flag suggests that we may be...

Gov. Scott Walker was chatting recently with right-wing radio host Dana Loesch about his efforts to set up regulatory hurdles to abortion access in Wisconsin, when he offered this defense of a law he signed that would require a woman to undergo a medically unnecessary ultrasound before exercising...

I am grateful to live in a country where even someone as hateful as Pamela Geller can speak her mind. She can smear President Obama as the "jihadist in the White House" and speculate that he "choked up" with tears when he ordered the killing of...

As Republican presidential hopefuls begin to pile into yet another clown car, we hear again and again that Jeb Bush is the sane, "establishment" choice for the job.

Anybody who thinks that Bush would provide a less radical alternative to the likes of Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee should just...

On March 3, the House of Representatives finally voted for a clean DHS funding bill. Much of the media reported that Republicans saw the irresponsibility of their threats to shut down Homeland Security and passed a clean bill. But they didn't, and no one should lose sight of that.

After...

Late last month, news broke that the network of political organizations tied to Charles and David Koch was developing plans to spend nearly a billion dollars in the 2016 elections.

Given that unprecedented investment, it's essential to understand precisely what the Kochs and their front groups are doing. Yesterday, People...

What could possibly be wrong with "school choice"?

The answer to that question depends on the answer to another: What does "school choice" mean?

Does "school choice" mean a school district creating magnet schools focused on science or the arts? Does it mean charter schools that are held to...

If you want to know the current state of the Republican Party, look no further than the activities that the party's leading presidential hopefuls have planned for this weekend. With two such extreme choices, how does a candidate pick just one?

Several top GOP contenders -- including...

It has been a deeply troubling week for defenders of freedom of expression. After a hacking attack that the FBI has now officially connected to the government of North Korea, and subsequent threats by the hackers, theater chains refused to show the comedy The Interview and Sony eventually...

After Republicans failed to capture the White House in 2012, they dusted off a tried-and-true plan to improve their future electoral prospects. No, they wouldn't moderate their views or expand their appeal to win votes. They would just change the way that the votes are counted!

The...

Tuesday's elections have left us with a dismal political landscape in Washington, D.C. and exposed the deep dissatisfaction many Americans feel with the economy and the functioning of government.

The results also, let's be frank, pay sad tribute to the dishonest genius of Republican Party strategists, who...

Today, People For the American Way released our latest Spanish-language TV ad in Georgia challenging Republican Gov. Nathan Deal and Senate candidate David Perdue on their stands against issues important to many Latino voters in their state: fair minimum wage laws and the rights of immigrants.