The popular perception of right-wing patriot militia members is that they are racist, violent and crazy. The authors of…
Randomly selecting citizens to take turns governing offers the promise of reinvigorating struggling democracies, making…
Turkey is threatening to send 3.6 million refugees back to the Syrian territory it just invaded. Deporting these vulnerable…
A study looked at fines in 93 California cities. Cities with more black residents and more disproportionately white police…
Blockchain technology can address some weaknesses in voting systems, but not all of them – and it opens new potential…
Over the past few decades, the US has gradually lowered the ceiling for refugees.
China is betting that a massive set of investments around the world will bring it economic prosperity and international…
Many recent executions in the US by lethal injections have resulted in prolonged suffering before death. A historian asks:…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is known as a master of Senate rules. If the House impeaches President Trump, what…
Sanctuaries that protect everything from gun rights to the unborn are popping up across the country. They challenge federal…
Debates may help voters identify which candidate shares their views but they do not help them think critically about those…
Members of Congress factor what the public thinks into their decisions. But it's difficult to measure what the public…
Kurdish women have fought on the front lines of military battles since the 19th century. A scholar explains the origins…
Voters are primarily partisans, and they respond to party signals -- even when they claim otherwise.
A critic of Obama's two terms explains how the 44th president's personality and his politics of 'least resistance'…
Since defending northern Syria from the Islamic State, Kurdish people have established an egalitarian society where women…
Trump officials plan to send asylum seekers from the US to El Salvador while their claims are processed. That would expose…
Progressives are leading in the presidential elections of Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia, bucking the region's recent…
The pro-Kremlin Russian political and media establishment have grown increasingly skilled at spinning stories to highlight…
Somewhere between the early Buddhist times and today, worries about game addiction have given way to scientific understanding…