Senator Bernie Sanders has reportedly launched an offensive to combat what he calls the "oligarchy" behind President Donald ...

Historically, there has been the proverbial argument about whether the United States is a democracy or republic. The answer is the United States is both. But that question pales in comparison to the ...

Stay up-to-date with the politics team. Sign up for the Teen Vogue Take For years, political experts have warned that America is in a state of democratic decline. Now some say democracy in the US ...

President Joe Biden's farewell address included a stark warning about the danger of what he called abuses by the ultra-wealthy, particularly what he called the "tech-industrial complex." "Today, an ...

Democrats are embroiled in a debate over using the term “oligarchy” to describe the Trump administration — not whether they think the description is accurate, but whether Americans are familiar enough ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders has criticized the growing wealth disparity in the country, citing the staggering increase in the fortunes of a few billionaires. His comments come as Elon Musk becomes the first ...

When Donald Trump was sworn in on Monday, he was flanked by billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. An American government, closely aligned with money and power is something that ...

In short, an oligarchy is an elite few who control the government’s actions. By using the pointedly negative term “oligarchy,” Biden equated this moment — when the world’s wealthiest men are feting ...

The current US administration is hostile to the EU, but neither President Donald Trump nor Vice President J. D. Vance alone ...

This is the introduction to Checks and Balance, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter bringing exclusive insight from our correspondents in America. Sign up for Checks and Balance. James Bennet, our ...