New research shows that when ex-offenders are told they're able to vote, their attitudes about democracy and justice…
Two-thirds of all US states now have some kind of legal pot, and support for legalization has never been higher. But ballot…
Here's a riddle: What's the dominant image of the 2018 election campaign? There really isn't one. But there…
Two accomplished women are running against each other to replace Sen. Jeff Flake.
In many places across the US, law prohibits people with felony convictions to serve on juries. Research puts the thinking…
The Iffy Quotient measured misinformation on social media in the run-up to the recent elections. Facebook has gotten better…
MS-13 is not the biggest or most violent gang in the US. But its grisly murders and Latino membership inflame Americans'…
A national survey of over 1,300 congregations found that religious leaders struggle to balance security concerns with carrying…
Congressional midterm election spending will likely hit a record $5 billion. But the spending masks the main problem with…
In 1968, Lyndon Johnson's ridicule of presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey as weak and feminine tells us something…
A record number of women are poised to win public office in 2018. But don't look to California for help shifting the…
A well-known scholar of violence against women describes her own harrowing assault – and how the #MeToo movement changed…
A polarized electorate is divided into tribal camps that demonize each other. That's the setting for the upcoming midterm…
The shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue joins a list of more than 200 other ideologically motivated attacks by far-right…
While the US sends observers around the world to monitor elections, few will be present during the 2018 midterms in the…
Midterm voters in Utah, Missouri, Michigan and North Dakota will decide whether to join the 31 US states that have some…
Mass murders like the killings at a Pittsburgh synagogue are seen as the work of disturbed individuals. But America has…
The odds favor a big year for Democrats, but the extent of their gains is still in doubt.
Bombs have long been a tool for devotees of the range of fringe American political thought. From anarchists to racists,…
Bolsonaro promised angry Brazilians he would transform their crisis-stricken country. But he didn't say how. Five Brazil…