If you read Richard Powers’s novel “The Overstory,” the sad fate of the American chestnut tree will be familiar to you. If ...

Catherine Rampell is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post. She frequently covers economics, public policy, immigration and politics, with a special emphasis on data-driven journalism.

Catherine Rampell is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post. She frequently covers economics, public policy, immigration and politics, with a special emphasis on data-driven journalism.

The president is now the arts center’s chairman. What will this mean for its future?

A Washington Post columnist rebuked Republicans on Thursday night over their budget plans, which she said sounded like it was ...

It'd be easier to take the "Make America Healthy Again" agenda seriously if the White House weren't moving quickly in the opposite direction.

Columnist Catherine Rampell breaks down why egg prices are soaring — and how Trump-era policies on bird flu research may be making things worse. ↓ Read More Washington Post Video and Closed ...

Republican politicians plan to take food and health care away from the poor to subsidize tax cuts for the rich.

I have yet to read a Catherine Rampell column that does not address the Trump administration negatively. In her column published Feb. 7 for instance, she claims that several of President Donald ...