Dara Lind

A majority of money spent on four public benefits programs goes to working families.

The next Republican presidential candidate has earned some serious wonk cred in DC — and he’s impressing donors and voters alike on the campaign trail.

In Hillary Clinton’s America, black parents aren’t at all afraid for the lives of their sons.

The system encourages people to be dishonest.

Or will he win more support over it than he’ll lose?

The question is whether the US has the capacity to handle the people who are going to come.

The new info won’t be mandatory — but it could shed more light on the circumstances under which police use deadly force.

And it’s a warning to other states: the hard part isn’t shrinking your prisons; it’s keeping them from growing again.