Paul Vallas has locked arms with the police, associated with an anti-LGBTQ group, and been mired in scandals. So why is he leading ahead of Tuesday’s election in the overwhelmingly Democratic city?

The failed former Chicago mayor will be shipped off to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Japan, for some reason.

Obsessed with looking tough, the party has elevated bullies like Andrew Cuomo for years. Is that changing?

Who says the president-elect isn’t a political innovator?

It’s time for insurgents to make a break from the Democratic establishment and hone America’s future outside the halls of power.

The former Chicago mayor and newly minted pundit is right about why the middle class is so mad, but he's oblivious to his own elitism.

Opposition to the president in Orange County has boosted hopes of a wave election this fall. But Democrats need more than anti-Trump anger to win.

It wasn't so long ago that teachers' strikes were considered problematic. Then Trump came along.

The Democratic Party paved the way for the education secretary's efforts to privatize our public schools.

As the mayor reels from the Laquan McDonald controversy, he must deal with a housing authority with heavy pockets and empty promises.

A new video shows a Chicago police officer murdering a black teen last year. Why did it take so long for us to get here?

Inside activists' plan to re-stock the left's weak bench

Karen Lewis would make for a bloody mayoral battle