In the US, non-whites have higher birth rates and make up the bulk of new immigrants. As white people lose their demographic…
Estimates of modern slavery vary widely, whether they try to pin down numbers in the U.S., across the globe or just in certain…
Obama's plan to withdraw from Afghanistan had several facets and was part of a wider strategy in the Middle East.
Banned since 2011, pork-barrel spending may well help Congress pass bills on schedule. Now, a powerful Democratic lawmaker…
Despite the #MeToo movement, women in politics still face challenges in talking openly about gender equality.
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Law enforcement officials aren't trained in recognizing hate crimes, leaving national numbers on these attacks unreliable.
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First elected in 1987, Pelosi offers decades of experience at building coalitions and she excels as a Democratic fundraiser.…
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…