A true public health solution to inadequate care--one that seeks to maximize the health of all Americans--would more properly target all underserved populations, irrespective of group membership.

Since the early 1980s, the black middle class has hardly grown. The most achievable remedy is to increase the college graduation rate of African Americans.

When Vladimir Putin returns to the Russian presidency on Monday, May 7, the pageantry surrounding his inauguration will aim to portray a picture of unassailable strength, a confident master of his domain invulnerable to pressures from within or without. But things are not quite as stable...

The Supreme Court has just agreed to take on the case of Fisher v. University of Texas. Abigail Fisher, a white woman, argues that she has been a victim of the university's race-conscious admission policies; the university contends that its drive for racial and ethnic diversity is educationally enriching -- a benefit to all students.

Thank you, Madam Chairman.Among the very top priorities of U.S. foreign and security policies, I doubt there are many – if any – objectives more important than a free, democratic, stable, and prosperous Russia, at peace, in the long last, with its own people, its neighbors and the...

Today President Obama is ignoring the lessons of the civil rights era he claims to revere. The only purpose of the executive order is to dangle the specter of retaliation (by losing her contracts) and harassment (from political opponents).

Abigail Thernstrom will discuss the 1965 Voting Rights Act and her book, "Voting Rights--and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections."