05/21/2016 9:49 am ET Both sides of the political spectrum see a rallying toward more direct voter decisionmaking and less filtering of electoral processes by political elites.

05/21/2016 8:00 am ET When the Obama administration on May 13 sent a letter to nearly 100,000 public schools defending transgender rights, it elevated arguments over so-called “bathroom laws” to a national civil rights debate. How did we get here?

05/20/2016 5:08 pm ET Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed the most aggressive antiabortion bill the country. While the legislature had targeted abortion on medical grounds, she objected partly on medical grounds. 

05/20/2016 9:09 am ET The UN will hold its first ever-humanitarian summit Monday. New challenges in global aid are forcing groups to rethink how to meet changing needs. This is Part 1 of a four-part series.

05/20/2016 11:38 am ET From prisoner education to 'problem-solving courts,' the US and Britain are teaching each other how to reduce incarceration and recidivism. The efforts are driven by both budgetary and moral urgency.

05/20/2016 9:57 am ET Mexican President Peña Nieto called for making same-sex marriage a constitutional right this week. Many Latin American countries are at the forefront of pushing for LGBT rights, driving social shifts by starting with legal changes.

05/19/2016 7:32 am ET Democrats appear to be facing the same turmoil that gripped Republicans. But it's different. Bernie Sanders's power is his influence over the large chunk of liberal Americans who aren't actually Democrats. 

05/19/2016 6:21 pm ET Questioning the GOP candidate's steadiness is an obvious line of political attack, given his loose talk and lack of foreign-policy experience. But it remains to be seen if the critique can resonate with the 2016 electorate.

05/19/2016 4:15 pm ET Americans' economic anxieties are highly visible in this year's presidential election campaign – but they're also hard to address.

05/19/2016 4:55 pm ET In Leipzig's Connewitz neighborhood, hundreds of left-wing radicals try to live outside Germany's system, butting heads with both police and far-right extremists.

05/19/2016 2:21 pm ET Annette March-Grier, a cofounder of the nonprofit Roberta’s House, is committed to helping people through some of their darkest chapters.

05/19/2016 8:53 am ET With investment from Europe, Jordan is reversing its policy of discriminating against Syrian workers. It's a bid to bolster Jordan's economy while encouraging the refugees to remain in the region.