The work of estimating conflict mortality is difficult. But that doesn’t make this grim exercise, nor accounting for the…
The 2024 campaign closes with candidate Donald Trump and allies conjuring a world of insult and degradation of an infantilized,…
On Nov. 15, 1960, four Black first graders desegregated New Orleans schools. One of them was Tessie Prevost, who died in…
Despite the power that political independents are anticipated to have over the election results, there’s a lot that remains…
US election coverage often portrays rural America as entirely white and conservative. This narrow view obscures the issues…
Take a deep breath: Having to wait for election results means the system is working as it should, with safeguards and double-checks.
As the election nears, it seems everyone is afraid.
Americans might have to wait for days, weeks or months to get an accurate determination of the winner of the presidency.
George Orwell, who wrote about war, totalitarianism, nationalism and patriotism in the 1940s, would have had a lot to say…
While Harris and Trump diverge on many key policy issues, they find common ground in other areas.
Spreading rumors is human nature. It’s a way people try to make sense of a messy world. In the age of social media and…
The question is how many inactive voters will come out.
Pennsylvania is the battleground state with the most Electoral College votes. While everyone will want to know the outcome…
Five states have marijuana on the ballot in some form this November. But the once-bipartisan legalization movement now faces…
Trump’s comments against immigrants of color have prompted comparisons to the Nazis. But American and British theorists…
The record shows some sharp divisions between the Trump and Biden administrations on Europe, but also some continuity in…
Community organizations across the US have launched grassroots operations to inform people with convictions of their voting…
How to explain Kennedy’s slide from lefty skepticism into full MAGA? A scholar of populism found some answers in his appearances…
Millions of Palestinian refugees are set to suffer as a result of banning the UN agency, piling pressure on the US, which…
On Election Day, you go to vote – and you’re told you’re not registered or you’re not eligible to vote. A civil…