“Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.” ― Albert Einstein I remember ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. There have been repeated clashes between the left and the center of the Democratic Party over ...

It seems as though every other time I ride an escalator I suffer an infuriating encounter with someone standing on the left half of the stairs, blithely ignoring the “walk left, stand right” custom ...

The polarization of America has reached a critical juncture. It’s not conservative versus progressive — it’s men versus women. The lead-up to Election Day has foreshadowed one of the steepest gender ...

I walked into the Washington Post building for the first time in the summer of 1981. Past the red linotype machine that marked the entrance to the Post’s Fifteenth Street headquarters for so many ...

The first article of this column was published on January 8 of this year, marking exactly one year since its debut. Looking ...

The long history of factional warfare between the left and center-left has produced an array of epithets, usually directed by the former against the latter: social fascist (the Comintern’s insult for ...

Of all the winners who emerged from Day 1 of the NFL draft on Thursday night at Halas Hall, one who can’t be overlooked is Chicago Bears left tackle Braxton Jones. More than they could express with ...

Ask a Seattleite what they think about homelessness, let them talk for a minute, and—especially if they’re a Very Political Person—you can make a good guess as to where they stand on the city’s ...