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Many Americans seem to prefer to keep working well past retirement age, but it’s not clear whether the choice is motivated…
Sexism played a key role in Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s defeat − and Donald Trump’s victory…
Voter turnout among young people is historically low in the United States. And there is indication that a relatively small…
The US maintains close to 1,000 troops in Syria and supports Kurdish groups in the northeast and some opposition groups…
By 2100, China’s population will likely be half its current size. It will also be a lot older, with fewer working-age…
As the Democratic National Convention returns to Chicago, there’s an appetite in that city to revisit films from the bloody…
Jacinda Ardern, like Kamala Harris, unexpectedly became the leader of her political party close to the election. The similarities…
4 in 10 voters would back a candidate from the opposing party for local office if that politician shared their views on…
The Kremlin has pushed a dual narrative: that the conflict represents an existential battle with the West, but that life…
Attempts to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act have faltered, leaving tens of thousands of Afghans who fled chaos during the…
Americans agree that democracy requires freedom of speech. But a large minority also thinks it’s acceptable to bar certain…
A newly released app allows users to search for discriminatory roadway names, helping communities grasp the ubiquity of…
Will there be Minnesota hot dish hats worn at the upcoming Democratic National Convention? Curators from the Smithsonian…
Over the past half-century, American media has usually proclaimed that Black men and white women can be great presidents.…
A landmark study of police-LGBTQ relations finds that 21% of respondents have been stopped by police in the past year, and…
Dozens of Russian fighters were killed in confrontation with rebel groups in Mali amid speculation that Ukrainian intelligence…
Kamala Harris is the heir to a political lineage that dates back to a chain-smoking, hard-drinking and profane political…
While the First Amendment protects a wide range of different kinds of speech, there is no fundamental right to cause harm.
Many countries are enacting measures to counter population decline, but manipulating fertility is an inefficient means of…