There was a time when well-known journalists resented preelection polls and didn’t mind saying so. One even said he felt…
The Supreme Court doesn't have to be so polarized. Many European countries make judicial appointments in a term-limited,…
A 6-3 conservative court will hear a broader range of controversial cases, shift interpretations of individual rights and…
Amid what will likely be a flood of charges, countercharges and a lot of heated rhetoric, there are prescribed legal processes…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death sparked many tributes to her work ending sex discrimination against women. That work also…
Chinese fishermen are illegally trawling South American waters, inflaming tensions with the US. But for centuries Washington…
Mobile phones across the country are buzzing nonstop with text notifications from both presidential campaigns. A scholar…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death has sparked a battle over the future of the Supreme Court. Against that backdrop,…
Dog whistles constitute coded language that only some voters can hear. But Trump does not hide his bigotry when talking…
It's not just whether the US Postal Service can handle the load. In 2020 primaries, states have had trouble distributing,…
President Trump is using religious rhetoric against his Democratic opponents. A historian of religion cites similar attacks…
The mail-in voting process has several built-in safeguards that make it hard for one person to vote fraudulently, and even…
Think American democracy is ending? You're not alone, writes a historian. American leaders have often yielded to despair…
Though air travel has boosted presidential campaigns for decades, the 2020 pandemic has underlined the importance of aircraft…
An army of mostly older, white volunteers run America's voting sites. They're reluctant to work during a pandemic.…
Some presidents have lied for honorable reasons, while for others the lies have been simply self-serving.
If you’re American – regardless of the color of your skin – racism structures how you think. Changing the system should…
It's easy to edit video of public figures to make them appear asleep, confused, drunk or cognitively impaired when they…
A scholar who studies Holocaust survivors sees an explanation for why women change their stories of sexual assault, even…
No, it's not the TV news networks. The American election certification process is a lot more complicated than that.