Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. The underlying premise of my column last week outlining a hypothetical 2028 Democratic platform ...

Time to take a deep dive into the dark recesses of my brain with the most complicated question: What makes me happy? Top of the list: Pleasant surprises: An unexpected gift that turns out to be just ...

As the Christmas season has given way to a new year, many of us have paused — reflecting on what has been and quietly hoping for what might be. Across traditions and beliefs, this season invites ...

North Carolina has a bad habit: When one party wins a statewide executive office, the other party tries to rewrite the job description.

Why would we want to automate every part of human life? Have we become so desensitized to human connection through technology and social media that the real purpose of art has become incomprehensible?

Follow these steps to create your new account. Open the Microsoft signup page. Select Create account. Enter your email or phone number. Choose Next. Create a strong password and select Next. Enter ...

Just sit. Watch. Clear your mind of everything that is not the present moment. If you sit in a garden, even one in the middle of a city or in your own backyard, wonderful sights appear. Key West ...

Do you remember that before July 4, 1776, 99% of the people living in the world and 99% of those who had lived and were dead, had lived as slaves, serfs, peasants or indentured servants, and that only ...

Our editors' top picks to read today. As a Schedule I classified narcotic, marijuana sits in the most restrictive drug category, along with heroin and LSD. Young cannabis plants are seen in a grow ...

CNN’s bumpy and oh-so-slow progress in inventing a paid version of itself provokes a question: Is there a long game at work here? “I’m glad you asked that,” Alex MacCallum, CNN’s executive vice ...