Support for QAnon is hard to measure – and polls may overestimate it
How many Americans really have lost touch with reality?
March 5, 2021
448
Politics
Queer in the country: Why some LGBTQ Americans prefer rural life to urban 'gayborhoods'
Stereotypically, gay, queer and trans kids flee small towns to find acceptance in big, diverse cities like New York or Chicago.…
March 4, 2021
635
Public transit drivers struggle to enforce mask mandates
Recent federal mask mandates on all public transit have burdened bus drivers with difficult and sometimes dangerous duties…
March 4, 2021
473
Why repressive Saudi Arabia remains a US ally
Saudi's crown prince approved the killing and dismemberment of a Washington Post columnist in 2018, the Biden administration…
March 3, 2021
409
Forcibly sterilized during Fujimori dictatorship, thousands of Peruvian women demand justice
Forced sterilization of Indigenous women was a covert part of 'family planning' under Fujimori. Over 200,000 Peruvians…
March 3, 2021
336
News organizations that want journalists to engage with their audience may be setting them up for ab
News organizations are in low repute. To enhance their credibility, they've encouraged interaction between their journalists…
March 3, 2021
280
Most US states don't have a filibuster – nor do many democratic countries
The US system was designed with more checks and balances than many other successful democracies – the filibuster's…
March 2, 2021
324
Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax would reduce inequality – the problem is it's probably unconstitutiona
Economists estimate the tax on households worth over $50 million could bring in $3 trillion over 10 years, but it will run…
March 2, 2021
592
A less Trumpy version of Trumpism might be the future of the Republican Party
Donald Trump's ticket to the White House was a coarse version of populism. Will his successors in the GOP be different…
February 26, 2021
387
Misinformation-spewing cable companies come under scrutiny
Cable providers like Comcast carry Fox News and other channels that feed conspiracy theories and lies into Americans'…
February 25, 2021
429
Facebook's news blockade in Australia shows how tech giants are swallowing the web
The internet of 2021 is not the open public sphere that early visionaries had imagined.
February 25, 2021
375
Alexei Navalny leads Russians in a historic battle against arbitrary rule, with words echoing Cather
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has proved himself to be a master at summoning citizens to protest government abuses.…
February 25, 2021
364
What is fascism?
Given the current, often erroneous, use of the term 'fascist' to describe political movements and leaders, it's…
February 25, 2021
717
Deported veterans, stranded far from home after years of military service, press Biden to bring them
At least 92 US military veterans were deported between 2013 and 2018. These deportees are not currently included in Biden's…
February 25, 2021
391
From 'aliens' to 'noncitizens' – the Biden administration is proposing to change a legal term to rec
Words matter, writes an immigration scholar. It is far easier to deny the humanity of an 'alien' than to do so for…
February 23, 2021
299
How Black cartographers put racism on the map of America
Mapping is one way African Americans fight for equality and help each other navigate a racially hostile landscape.
February 23, 2021
334
Biden's Cabinet of many women shows other world leaders that US takes gender equality seriously
Research shows that when one country – particularly a powerful one – puts more women in power, other nations tend to…
February 22, 2021
342
Rev. Raphael Warnock's historic US Senate win broke more barriers than you may think
Rev. Warnock became the first African American to defeat an incumbent senator and the first African American to win a US…
February 22, 2021
350
Why do mass shootings spawn conspiracy theories?
When many people believe the government is trying to take away their guns, events that make guns look bad can be misinterpreted…
February 19, 2021
451
Rethinking the US-China fight: Does China really threaten American power abroad?
A scholar of global relations says China seems worried about its future. Meanwhile, the US and Europe still treat China…
February 19, 2021
394