The first large-scale political-science survey of Tea Party activists shows the movement isn't going anywhere—and the GOP had better brace itself.

In which the organization announces its intention to stay firmly behind the times

Intelligence showing the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against its own people puts the pressure on the Obama administration to act. What are the president's options?

Opponents of overhauling the current system say we should delay such efforts in light of last week's bombing. Here's why we shouldn't.

Satisfied with the meager reforms of the Dodd-Frank financial-reform bill, the Treasury is standing in the way of further efforts to rein in mega-banks.

The capture of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev presents an opportunity to show that fighting terrorism doesn't require abandoning the Constitution.

On lockdown in Cambridge, the Prospect's E.J. Graff comments on the restlessness of being stuck at home.