Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Politics & Diplomacy Jul 28, 2013
Weiner wife emerges as husband's chief defender despite repeat of sex scandal
by Karen Tumulty and Jason Horowitz
It was his news conference, but it was hard to take your eyes off her. With Huma Abedin’s emergence as her husband’s chief defender and protector in a second sex scandal, she made a public transformation from being the victim of Anthony Weiner’s transgressions ...
Politics & Diplomacy Jul 14, 2013
Passage of strict abortion bill highlights Democrats' uphill fight in Texas
by Dan Balz
The politically charged battle over whether to restrict abortions in Texas ended late Friday night when the state Senate passed legislation and sent it on to Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, for his signature. In the end, the fight underscored the challenges Democrats face ...
Social Issues Jun 24, 2013
Baby names by red and blue, not pink and blue
by John Sides
Republicans and Democrats don’t seem to agree on very much these days. They are divided on the kinds of television shows they watch, cars they drive and beers they drink. And now research by political scientists at the University of Chicago adds one more ...
Politics & Diplomacy Apr 1, 2013
Have U.S. political parties lost their purpose?
by Karen Tumulty
The Democrats and Republicans may be worlds apart on most things, but at their headquarters just two blocks away from each other on Capitol Hill, each is confronting the same question: Have political parties lost their purpose? In the wake of two presidential defeats, ...