Right-wing politicians often conjure up a caricature vision of socialism defined either by Soviet-style gulags or the authoritarianism and shortages seen in modern-day Venezuela. But debates over the ...

Letter writer Jeff Rosen of Bel Air is the one who doesn’t get it (“Socialist Democrats just don’t get it,” July 31). Contrary to the point of his letter, there have been more than a few successful ...

If a large and credible study—say one conducted by the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center—found higher levels of tolerance for LGBT people in formerly socialist countries like ...

Communism and socialism are political and economic systems that are historically related but often confused with each other. Here’s how they compare.

In my 76th year of life, as our country celebrates the 250th year of its birth, I find myself remembering America’s bicentennial celebrated in 1976. I was living in Philadelphia, then, just blocks ...