A leading climate scientist explains why going over 1.5 degrees Celsius puts the world in a danger zone.
Colorado is one of 19 states that have laws in place to prevent individuals believed to pose a threat from obtaining guns.…
It’s a landmark agreement, acknowledging for the first time that wealthy countries bear some responsibility to help. But…
The death of popular rapper Takeoff underscores a uniquely American problem – gun violence.
Start high, drop fast and avoid the free-riders: How to design subsidies that can boost clean energy in the US and elsewhere.
Abortion referendums in such states as California and Kentucky provide a way to protect abortion rights at the state level…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced she will step aside from senior leadership. It could lead to generational change…
The U.S. Senate voted to advance a bill that protect same-sex marriage by a wide margin– thanks to support from 12 Republicans.…
Polling for the 2022 midterms was more accurate than the dramatically wrong predictions of 2016 and 2020, leading one pollster…
Runoff elections in Georgia have a racist past, but the contest between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker for US Senate…
130 countries have signed a pledge to cut methane emissions by 30%. Success could have a swift impact on global warming.
The former president made little mention of his personal legal battles as he announced his bid to retake the White House.
Arrest numbers reflect a nearly 40% decline from 2019, but the statistics come with some caveats.
Activists aren’t necessarily more aggressive than in the past, but they are using creative and sometime shocking new tactics…
Polish authorities are investigating what they believe to be a Russian-made missile blast in a village close to the border…
There is a lot about Donald Trump that makes him attractive to the public, and alluring to the media. A scholar of political…
Two states had guns directly on the ballot in midterm election initiatives. Voters moved state laws in opposite directions.
Any behavior reasonably calculated to dissuade a person from participating in an election is intimidation.
The biggest issues at COP27 involve financing for low-income countries hit hard by climate change. A former World Bank official…
Pictures of women in war play a pivotal role in the battlefield of political ideas, argues a feminist historian who examines…