A recent barrage of nuclear-capable missile tests and a change in law setting out the conditions for a nuclear strike show…
While Russian public opinion polls show continued support for the war, there are questions about the polls’ reliability…
While the Jan. 6 committee investigating the US Capitol attacks has limited legal powers, it can help craft an accurate…
On Nov. 8, the US may experience a surge of voters intimidated by Election Day challenges to their right to cast a ballot.
Routine maintenance is necessary for every homeowner. But for Black women, that burden is complicated by decades of redlining…
A partisan election system, attacks on election administration and widespread disinformation place the U.S. democracy in…
The number of immigrant voters is on the rise – and research shows that for young immigrants, social media is where they…
A pilot project at a Pennsylvania prison is trying out lessons from Scandinavia that could offer some ideas for reforming…
Countries across the Americas are tweaking their census to better understand their population, allowing them to create more…
The celebration of generous portions, meat and fat as masculine and patriotic would have been alien to Washington and Jefferson,…
The U.S. Antarctic Program struggles to keep women safe – and through the continent’s history, discrimination and prejudice…
The Cold War provided the US with strategic and defensive advantages; some politicians also used it to push their view of…
Black conservative Clarence Thomas’ improbable rise as a powerful US Supreme Court justice today was unimaginable during…
A historian looks back at the success – and failure – of mass mobilization efforts by Russia and the Soviet Union.
Affirmative action, discrimination against LGBTQ people and election laws are some of the hot-button issues that the Supreme…
These crackdowns are occurring around the world in countries that are becoming less free because of what’s known as ‘democratic…
Illegal roads have brought deforestation, fire and other environmental damage to the Amazon. Indigenous territory in many…
Global estimates of modern-day slavery by the United Nations reveal improving methods for calculating the data.
While some parts of eastern Ukraine have been under partial Russian control since 2014, other sections continue to fight…
Tactical nuclear weapons were designed to be used on the battlefield rather than for strategic defense, but that doesn’t…