Pulling out roughly half the U.S. troops in Afghanistan is part of an effort to find peace, but may unbalance a precarious…
US monuments and memorials have overlooked frontline workers and people of color affected by past epidemics. Will we repeat…
An analysis of social media commentary about socialism versus capitalism shows that people are talking past each other,…
After becoming Peru's third president in six days, Francisco Sagasti must both lead the country into elections and build…
James Baker, the high-powered lawyer chosen by George W. Bush to lead his fight over the contested 2000 election, delivered…
Millions of supporters of Donald Trump have flocked to the far-right social media platform Parler, where heat speech thrives.
Choosing former Secretary of State John Kerry as climate envoy is an important first step. To regain trust, the U.S. will…
State legislatures, which will draw congressional districts that last through 2030, are dominated by the GOP.
The 2018 murder of Rio city councilwoman Marielle Franco inspired record numbers of Black women to get involved in politics.…
The influential civil rights group got its start following a wave of brutal white-led violence against Black people in Springfield,…
For his first presidential Thanksgiving, George Washington aimed to pull his country together in the face of the many internal…
Elections – like Georgia's runoffs – that require majority support can sometimes be used to exclude those in the…
A set of efforts that registered 800,000 new voters since 2018 may have been the key to Georgia turning blue in a presidential…
When it comes to election fraud claims, watch what the lawyers do, not what the politicians say.
Much as the South rejected President Lincoln's election with a massive armed uprising, could President Trump's many…
President Donald Trump may be trying to get state lawmakers to shift the outcome of the presidential election.
In 1967 a Mexican reporter told the CIA he had met Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico City just before the JFK assassination. New…
Investigations of the 9/11 attacks show that a short, unstable transition between two presidents can weaken US security.…
People know a lot about their friends and neighbors – and pollsters can learn from that information, if they ask.
Mink, the first woman of color in Congress, brought a racially and historically aware brand of feminism into lawmaking and…