Western leaders learned the hard way 25 years ago that conflict in the Balkans can become ethnic cleansing. Add Russia into…
After mass shootings, politicians in Washington have failed to pass new gun control legislation, despite public pressure.…
QAnon followers are different from the radicals I usually study in one key way: They are far more likely to have serious…
A new study finds egalitarian nations have had fewer COVID-19 deaths than individualistic ones like the US, a new study…
When the Cherokee Supreme Court ruled that tribal elected officials no longer had to be Cherokee "by blood," it…
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A household earning the US median income needs an additional $17,690 per year – on top of current government disability…
The House passed a bill creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children. Here's…
US culture has long represented Asian American women as sexually seductive – showing how victims' gender and race…
When a child loses mom or dad to deportation, the harm can be severe and lasting. New immigration bills in the House and…
Bias-motivated attacks became a distinct crime in the 1980s. But police investigate only a fraction of the roughly 200,000…
Some racism isn't criminal at all but still is the result of deep-seated and long-standing racial prejudices.
While democracy requires accountability from presidents, presidents may lose stature, not gain it, by holding a press conference.
Nonwhites were less willing to wait for an internal investigation to wrap up before seeing the footage.
Last year, 189 countries – home to roughly 65% of the global population – cut themselves off from the world at some…
A social psychologist explains how to avoid being misled, and how to prevent yourself – and others – from spreading…
A president’s persona is always a public act. In that way, Trump's shtick – vulgar man of the people – was not…
A record number of people voted in the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump lost, Joe Biden won. Now, GOP legislators…
It's gospel for First Amendment advocates that lawsuits against news organizations chill freedom of the press. But in…
From Europe to Latin America and the US, former world leaders are being investigated, tried and even jailed. In theory,…