As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop, a scholar of the culture and its musical genres explores…
Science fiction does more than entertain – it can also be used to better understand the political forces that shape the…
Analysis of the 10 years in which the US banned sales of assault weapons shows that it correlates with a drop in mass shooting…
A loud chorus of Democrats – and some Republicans, too – has for years claimed gerrymandering is costing their party…
Three scholars examine the implications of the crisis roiling Israel as hundreds of thousands of people protest across country.
Saudi Arabia’s choice of China to broker its deal with Iran surprised many, but is consistent with its foreign policy…
Foreign agent laws claimed as a tool to fight back against foreign interference can also be used to silence critics and…
Senators, governors, representatives and past presidents have to weigh multiple factors before declaring their 2024 run…
A new group has joined the massive protests in Israel against the Netanyahu government’s proposed judicial changes: military…
A memorial to Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King Jr. has received stinging criticisms, but time will tell whether ‘The…
The local news crisis is more than a problem of shuttered newsrooms and laid-off journalists. It’s a democracy crisis.…
Banning TikTok: What data privacy risk does the app pose, and what could the Chinese government do with data it collects?…
The House of Representatives is breaking norms and establishing a new way for the body to do business.
The setting was grand, so too was the plan. But behind the peace plan put forward by China and welcomed by Russia, is the…
Nearly 95% of deforestation in the Amazon occurs within 3.5 miles of a road or near a river. Brazil’s plans to ramp up…
ISIS-K’s recent killings of Taliban brass are part of the extremist group’s long-term strategy. Will Taliban leaders…
When former President Donald Trump summoned his fans to protest over what he called his imminent indictment, a scholar of…
The new National Cybersecurity Strategy reiterates the government’s focus on resilient infrastructure and taking the offensive…
Secession talk evokes fears of a second Civil War. But one scholar says secession is already happening in the US under a…
The Bush administration invaded Iraq with plans for it to become a democracy. But according to some social science measures,…