The Supreme Court is hearing a case poised to end the no kings era in America, giving Donald Trump the power to fire any and ...

So what can explain the depth of feeling, the palpable sense of loss and regret, in this superpower ex-British colony across the Atlantic at the death of Queen Elizabeth II? Familiarity has something ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. I’m not American. I’m still learning things about this great country. That America ...

The idea that everyone has intrinsic rights to life and liberty was a radical break with millennia of human history. It’s ...

For a nation forged in bloody revolution against an unjust monarchy, America sure loves the pomp and circumstance of ancient royalty. That was driven home for the umpteenth time on Saturday when I ...

Brian Hawkins writes for Bleeding Cool: What if America had never been a democracy but instead a monarchy? It's modern day America but under the reign and rule of a descendant of George Washington, ...

You may not have realized that there was ever a monarchy of sorts in the United States — and it’s currently wrapped up in some serious drama. The state of Hawaii was once home to a historic monarchy, ...

John Oliver is back on The Daily Show, ten years after he left and just as America is entering an era that feels a lot like monarchy. Oliver joined his old friend Jon Stewart on tonight’s show to ...