The nation's biggest gun advocacy group operates as a bundle of distinct organizations. It's a fairly common arrangement,…
A scholar who has profiled leaders like Saddam Hussein and Vladimir Putin says there is a method to understanding the madness.
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The share of people who give their time to good causes is starting to dip.
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New research on Latin America's four recent female presidents disproves the idea that merely putting a woman in power…
The search for a direct causal connection from public opinion to specific policies, including gun control, may be like hunting…
The admired US ambassador to Mexico is resigning, even as the two countries spat over trade, immigration and Trump's…
Scholars have you covered on all sides of the 'Dreamers' issue, with solid research to boot.
In many Mexican cities, water is treated as a political bargaining chip – a favor that public officials can trade for…
The First Amendment protects everything from porn to hateful signs outside military funerals. That includes fundraising…
The current period of partisan division in the US isn't unique. We can learn from past President Dwight Eisenhower on…
Together, two parties with a tough stance on immigration and the EU – the Five Star Movement and the League – received…
Our current politically turbulent times in the US are difficult – but not unusual. History shows that fragility is the…
Research shows they face greater obstacles to election than their male counterparts, thus work harder and represent constituents…
The upcoming census, like many before it, will boil complex information on race, ethnicity and ancestry into just two questions.…
More than 1,000 Nebraskans were asked about laws that protect business owners who refuse to serve gays or lesbians. People…
In 2005, almost 46,000 children were adopted across borders. Ten years later, just 12,000 were. The foreign adoption system…
One of the harshest critiques of white racism appeared 50 years ago in the federal government's own Kerner Commission…
There's a new way to reveal America's political divide. One researcher finds the differences between groups that…