A neuroscientist explains how detention can affect a developing mind, as a new law in California sets the highest age limit…
Even though the Holocaust is one of the best documented genocides in history, there's limited quantitative data available.…
The new Congress is divided into a GOP Senate and Democratic House. History provides a glimpse of what this could mean:…
Republican women face higher barriers to reaching elected office. A GOP allergy to identity politics plays a role too.
The migrant caravan was one of the biggest international stories of 2018, a roving human drama that laid bare Central America's…
Scholars helped put a persistent problem into a larger context with their research.
Brazil's new president – often called the 'Trump of the tropics' for his inflammatory, right-wing rhetoric…
Trump appeals to his base in a way that philosophers knew was effective thousands of years ago.
Back in 2016, the Brexit vote and US presidential election seemed like a nationalist one-two punch that could knock out…
The initial aim of the 1937 Foreign Agents Registration Act was long forgotten: the prosecution of Nazis for interfering…
This year, The Conversation celebrated the 50th anniversary of 1968 with its first podcast, 'Heat and Light.' These…
Popular wisdom may be popular, but sometimes it's downright wrong. Five stories from The Conversation's 2018 politics…
An analysis reveals that using terrorism may not be very effective in achieving long-term political goals, when compared…
This help is often given in kind rather than in dollars and cents. Without it, these migrants might have nowhere to go and…
Donald Trump portrays migrants as a foreign problem 'dumped' on America's doorstep. That view ignores the global…
President Emmanuel Macron has presented himself as a defender of the liberal order against the rising tide of right-wing…
If India really wants to stop sex trafficking, legislators might consider asking sex workers in Kolkata how they keep the…
More often than not, the group owes more money than it has available to spend at the end of the year.
In the #MeToo era and with more women entering Congress, activists are hopeful another state could ratify the Equal Rights…
2018 is on track to become only the second coup-free year in a century. Coup risk is way down worldwide, thanks to growing…