Misinformation is more than just bad facts: How and why people spread rumors is key to understanding
Spreading rumors is human nature. It’s a way people try to make sense of a messy world. In the age of social media and…
Spreading rumors is human nature. It’s a way people try to make sense of a messy world. In the age of social media and…
The question is how many inactive voters will come out.
Pennsylvania is the battleground state with the most Electoral College votes. While everyone will want to know the outcome…
Five states have marijuana on the ballot in some form this November. But the once-bipartisan legalization movement now faces…
Trump’s comments against immigrants of color have prompted comparisons to the Nazis. But American and British theorists…
The record shows some sharp divisions between the Trump and Biden administrations on Europe, but also some continuity in…
Community organizations across the US have launched grassroots operations to inform people with convictions of their voting…
How to explain Kennedy’s slide from lefty skepticism into full MAGA? A scholar of populism found some answers in his appearances…
Millions of Palestinian refugees are set to suffer as a result of banning the UN agency, piling pressure on the US, which…
On Election Day, you go to vote – and you’re told you’re not registered or you’re not eligible to vote. A civil…
LGBTQ+ voters make up a relatively small percentage of the American electorate. But they’re poised to play an outsize…
As Black immigrants, Haitians are doubly marginalized by structural racism embedded in US immigration policies and the broader…
Around 20 military sites across Iran, Iraq and Syria were hit in retaliatory strike. But Israel held back from targets that…
Trump’s use of violent words has increased over time. By 2024, his use of violent language had surpassed nearly all other…
Where next for the militant group that is weakened, alienated from Arab moderate governments and increasingly unpopular…
Trump wanted to turn the US military on American citizens while he was president. He has increaslngly said he would do so…
Repressive countries have more success in co-opting support to silence overseas critics with governments they trade with.
Restoring Clingmans Dome to its original name of Kuwohi is a significant example of place name repatriation, or the return…
Research shows that when abortion rights are on the ballot, democracy wins − including in the US.
A decade ago, people did not even agree on the traits that defined women politicians. Now they see women seeking political…