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Many Supreme Court nomination battles depended on whether the president's party also had control of the US Senate.
'I don't like the candidates,' 'I don't know enough to make a decision,' 'I don't want to…
The conservative cable news channel particularly favors the term when explaining opposition to Donald Trump. This framing…
Are the conditions ripe in the US for violence before, during or after the presidential election?
My research shows that when politicians use hate speech, it's not just empty rhetoric or political theater: Domestic…
At age 7, Black, white and Hispanic children have a similar opinion of the police. But this increasingly turns negative…
Has Europe's last dictator finally gone too far?
When voters in November pick among the candidates for state legislatures, they are choosing the people who will make the…
Clothing is a way for politicians to convey authenticity and to tell their story.
A quantitative analysis of potential nominees to the Supreme Court reveals that conservatives could get a real lock on the…
New research shows homes in white areas have appreciated $200,000 more since 1980 than similar homes in nonwhite areas –…
Researchers examined the voting behavior of 5,762 students at 120 colleges and universities. Two groups stood out as an…
There was a time when well-known journalists resented preelection polls and didn’t mind saying so. One even said he felt…
The Supreme Court doesn't have to be so polarized. Many European countries make judicial appointments in a term-limited,…
A 6-3 conservative court will hear a broader range of controversial cases, shift interpretations of individual rights and…
Amid what will likely be a flood of charges, countercharges and a lot of heated rhetoric, there are prescribed legal processes…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death sparked many tributes to her work ending sex discrimination against women. That work also…
Chinese fishermen are illegally trawling South American waters, inflaming tensions with the US. But for centuries Washington…
Mobile phones across the country are buzzing nonstop with text notifications from both presidential campaigns. A scholar…