Christian nationalist ideas are about more than simply being religious and patriotic. They form a worldview about how the…
That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27. Here are some of the ideas being…
The US Supreme Court is poised to determine the fate of the use of race in college admissions. Supporters of affirmative…
In the Shelby v. Holder decision, a key section of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act was eliminated, thus enabling states…
New surveys carried out by a team of social scientists find no evidence that Democrats, Republicans and independents are…
All 50 states have laws that ban potentially intimidating behavior at polling places. They will need enforcement during…
Amid discussion of how best to conduct and tally a hotly contested election that is potentially subject to nefarious meddling,…
Many voters say inflation is the issue that matters to them most as they head to the polls. The problem is, the people they…
What’s at stake when Americans lose faith in the legitimacy of the Supreme Court?
Many people define ‘bias’ as ‘anything that doesn’t agree with me.’ But are the news media really biased?
Many small island nations are struggling to protect their land from rising seas while also facing paralyzing debt.
Americans voters are angry about everything from abortion to inflation. While anger is good for voter turnout, it’s ultimately…
Waves of US troops and international peacekeeping forces have repeatedly failed to make Haiti more stable for more than…
Shame and guilt seem equally foreign to many politicians and public figures these days. Rather than cover their bad behavior…
Many AI algorithms, like facial recognition software, have been shown to be discriminatory to people of color, especially…
Winning elections isn’t just a matter of how many players you have. It’s how engaged they are.
People understand the world through the stories they are told and tell, a historian writes. In the case of the war in Ukraine,…
A new wave of prosecutors, known as progressives, say that public safety can exist with policies like eliminating cash bail…
Nearly two-thirds of all votes cast in the 2020 presidential election were made through early in-person voting or by mail,…
Most of the election-related lawsuits now before state courts focus on fine details of election procedures. This can be…