Kenosha is the latest US city to see federal agents patrolling its protests. History suggests that supplanting the local…
As the country reels from a series of killings of Black men by the police, two scholars report that their research shows…
There aren't any clear ideological differences between the two, and Senate incumbents who aren't embroiled in scandal…
Malians celebrated the military's swift and bloodless removal of their unpopular president on Aug. 18. A coup may be…
Banning the Chinese-owned social media platforms raises free speech concerns and could worsen the US-China trade war.
The Republican National Convention wrapped up with Trump sounding familiar themes but speaking from an unusual location.
In 2016 Trump promised to 'shake the rust off America's foreign policy.' Four years later, it's clearer…
To carry out an election by mail, hundreds of thousands of state and local offices and employees across the US must make…
President Woodrow Wilson told Black leaders, 'Segregation is not a humiliation but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded…
The framers of the Constitution never mentioned a right to vote. They didn't forget. They intentionally left it out.
George Floyd's death has thrust police unions into the spotlight amid a growing recognition that they are not part of…
Reports of rape, domestic abuse and murdered women are way up in Brazil, Mexico, Peru and beyond since the coronavirus.…
Voting at home is safe from fraud and disease, but gives up a key advantage of in-person voting at official polling places:…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, gravely ill from a suspected poisoning, brought a new type of opposition to Russia…
Two scholars react to Biden's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.
In lawsuits across the country, the GOP and Trump campaign are trying to stop or dramatically curtail mail-in voting. Courts…
Despite partisan affiliation, American voters tend to share views on common facts about the world. But recent research suggests…
When police arrest a suspect who is then convicted of the crime, it is a rare exception rather than the rule in the US.
Pres. Lukashenka of Belarus has stayed in power for 26 years by being a master tactician. But he has seriously mishandled…
The US and Iran had been friends for over a century before the British and American coup in 1953 eventually turned them…