As economic and demographic growth increasingly coexists with poverty and homelessness, resident-led alternatives to housing…
Will an Aug. 24, 2026, Supreme Court decision lead to chaos in the midterm elections? An election law scholar dissects the…
New data from a global rights-tracking project shows the country had large declines in 2025 on 8 of the 9 civil and political…
Ideas from QAnon’s conspiracy theory have appeared on government social media sites during Trump’s second term and continue…
Evidence suggests that people who receive syringes from a needle exchange are less likely to dispose of them improperly.
Uncle Sam may receive charitable gifts, but that doesn’t give presidents free rein on how to spend those funds.
Though Graham’s appointment may seem unusual, political inheritance has never been fully absent from American democracy.
Campaigning anywhere for any office at any level of government is personally burdensome.
Extremist groups have pointed to the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center as proof that their worldview…
A housing simulator predicts that rezoning for ‘missing middle’ housing could increase Denver’s housing supply by…
Although it’s important that journalists practice diligence and deference, communities need to be willing to engage, forgive…
Two new executive orders take aim at aspects of birthright citizenship the high court did not address in its June 2026 ruling.
A psychologist explains why the dark humor around Mangione’s case isn’t evidence of nihilism but of what happens when…
Differences in beliefs may not be what drives people apart. A belief that someone else is wrong may be the stronger force.
A community – bystanders, law enforcement, colleagues and family – is likely to deny an atrocity when acknowledging…
Despite their high confidence overall, almost half of surveyed election officials worried about the cost of running elections.
Progressive Abdul El-Sayed will face Republican nominee Mike Rogers this November.
To manipulate voter perception, political action committees are adopting names that signal the opposite political goals…
State constitutions play a growing role in American politics. But turning to such documents to recognize rights and liberties…
The recently shuttered immigrant detention facility continued a long tradition of using alligators in ways that have reinforced…