American faith in news is at an all-time low, aided by a president hostile to the press. But presidents have long attacked…
The men responsible for the bloodshed 150 years ago were never prosecuted; instead, they rose to South Carolina’s highest…
Conspiracy theories don’t just explain events – they identify villains, and Fauci is among the most popular.
Amendment 3 would mean most homeowners pay less in property taxes – but that may not end up significantly lowering their…
Pressure from trade agreements can clean up sources of environmental harm, leading to cleaner rivers in the case of Mexico’s…
The U.S. Constitution gives states control of elections. An executive order by President Donald Trump aims to take away…
How invented threats, provocative language and repulsive imagery contribute to declining support for transgender people…
While only a sliver of Americans say they support violating core democratic norms, many more say they’re ambivalent about…
Air Force One shouldn’t be seen as only a cool piece of flying technology or a political flash point. Instead, writes…
When does a shooting become terrorism? A Texas case could help define the answer.
Legal scholars argue that when executive branch agencies impose conditions on federal funds, courts should give these cases…
Shifting counts have a boring cause: who votes by mail, and when those votes get counted. That doesn’t mean all fraud…
More Americans now hold absolutist positions, supporting legal access to abortion in all or most cases and opposing government…
Antifa is a scattered movement of local collectives that opposes fascism. It has no leader, command hierarchy, funding structure…
New research maps where legal financial obligations are concentrated – and finds they overlap with poverty, violence and…
Why would a young Republican back solar but reject a carbon tax? Twenty years of survey data shows climate opinion is more…
An international affairs professor with nearly 30 years of experience in the US intelligence community – including at…
Allegheny County can now order treatment for people with serious mental illness. But what’s driving results – the order…
An analysis of one major effort shows how to get Democrats and Republicans to agree to spend billions of dollars on a decades-long…
A professor of international relations counted the sitting leaders on over 1,000 of the world’s banknotes and coins; almost…