The history of voting and elections in America doesn’t follow a steady path toward progress or retreat. It is marked by…
A decade of research on Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood finds that major riverfront investment did not push out longtime…
Most states require warnings on AI-generated political ads, but studies show these disclosures do little to alter people’s…
After eight years in office, Gov. Ron DeSantis leaves Florida much more conservative than he found it.
HOA policies don’t always reflect the wishes of the homeowners whose interests they are meant to represent – and they…
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court says skill games are gambling. As lawmakers rush to tax them, a CMU scholar says the debate…
A majority of Supreme Court justices follow originalism, the mode of constitutional interpretation championed by late Justice…
Seven months into the US conflict with Iran, with no clear end in sight, the global oil market has now largely exhausted…
An AI Force would likely push China to create its own. That arms race could turn a technology already slipping out of human…
An unregulated sector has risks in itself but will also aid the rapid advancement of AI in China.
A judge has sided with the three news organizations President Donald Trump barred from the White House – for now.
The US legal system often fails to provide counsel for millions of Americans in civil cases. Generic and law-specific AI…
A local historian combed through a 1967 collection of police incident reports from Philadelphia’s airport police that…
The crypto industry scored a series of wins in 2025, only to see its top legislative goal fail in 2026.
A midterm election is coming. In the face of wavering voter trust – some of it driven by forces outside their control…
Two 19th-century elections are a reminder that a sizable midterm shift, like the one expected in November, can signal long-lasting…
No other U.S. president has come close to wiping away the amount in fines and restitution owed to victims that Trump has.
There are no guarantees that pollsters’ troubles in recent elections and popular skepticism about their dependability…
When President Trump barred three news organizations from the White House, a lawsuit followed. In it, the news outlets invoked…
For American conservatives of the Cold War era, red was the color of communists and the mistrusted American left. Now, it’s…