Extreme, dehumanizing language like the words used by President Trump to describe Baltimore can escalate into destructive…
Rosselló's corruption is just the latest in a string of disasters for Puerto Ricans -- but it also created an opportunity…
In 26 attempts, no African American has ever defeated an incumbent U.S. senator or governor.
Millions of Muslims will convene in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Aug. 9. The annual five-day pilgrimage, known as the hajj, is…
Old injustices don't simply disappear with time – they tear a nation apart.
A person's political identity is wrapped up in almost everything they do. Exposure to opinions from the other side actually…
The number of migrants living in churches has spiked recently in anticipation of threatened immigration raids, but churches…
Difficult to pronounce, synecdoche is the form of rhetoric used by President Trump when he told four Democratic congresswomen…
While other countries set strict limits on the length of campaigns, American presidential races have become drawn-out, yearslong…
Democratic presidential candidates share many ideas and opinions. What they don't share, writes one historian, is the…
Data released under FOIA shows that ICE is encountering more US citizens and more women.
With Congress rebuffing efforts to cut benefits, the White House is trying to change the rules.
Where do old Confederate statues go when they die? The former Soviet bloc countries could teach the US something about dealing…
To one scholar of the post-truth era, tuning in to Robert Mueller's testimony Wednesday was to hear a duel over the…
An estimated 500,000 Rohingya children, refugees from Myanmar, are growing up in Bangladesh in overcrowded camps with no…
Just what is Boris Johnson, the UK's new prime minister: a liberal or conservative? A historian writing a book about…
A new project looks at the race of on-duty police officers and civilians involved in 917 fatal shootings in 2015.
The Trump administration has once again tried to change immigration law, this time enacting severe limits on the rights…
The US is unique in its criminal punishment policies – as the recent sentencing of neo-Nazi James Fields Jr. demonstrates.
A fifth of the world's oil travels through the narrow waterway.