How one man fought South Carolina Democrats to end whites-only primaries – and why that matters now
South Carolina's black community has a long history of fighting for democratic rights.
South Carolina's black community has a long history of fighting for democratic rights.
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Bernie Sanders is a Democratic Socialist, a potential problem for the presidential candidate. A Cold War campaign to link…
For more than two centuries, one particular epithet has resonated through US politics – and even helped inspire the unofficial…
Native Brazilians are among the Amazon's most effective defenders against logging and mining, because they're fighting…
As the 2020 elections near and disinformation campaigns ramp up, an expert on media literacy offers advice you can use to…
Small business grants are supposed to help Colombia's disarmed FARC fighters start new lives as entrepreneurs. But interviews…
The US could only safely use a fraction of its nuclear stockpile without harming Americans through an environmental event…
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Polls have become an essential component of the news coverage of presidential campaigns. That may affect who voters decide…
New laws in Albania show one approach to dealing with disinformation – and highlight some pitfalls of selective regulation.
A longtime White House reporter describes what's lost when the relationship between the press and the president is bad…
Is making sense of a story more important than getting at its truth? Looking at the treatment of myth in ancient Greece…
A peace deal with the Taliban could be signed as soon as Feb. 29, 2020. But rebuilding Afghanistan after three decades of…
An ugly spat involving some supporters of Bernie Sanders harkens back to old tropes about the labor movement. But the Culinary…
Letters of recommendation have grown supersized and one-sided in their praise. In one study, only 1-2% of letters fell below…
People everywhere have always had a sweet tooth for the unreal, enthralled by what should be taken as too good to be true.…
For more than half a century, service members who got hurt while on active duty but not in combat – like being hit by…
In the first debate featuring former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, scholars note the challenges facing women leaders and…
Americans tend to think that self-identified liberals and conservatives hold more extreme views than they actually do.