In the 1950s, political elites wanted to make the parties more distinct — a push for partisanship. Imagine that.  Long, long ...

Both old and new political leaders should recognise the hamartia that got the best of their minds, and work with a sense of trust and respect, not hatred and ire. One important way of meeting the post ...

You’ve got to hand it to New Hampshire Republicans. Sure, their platform is largely shaped by an aversion to established ...

A 2001 survey by the American Council on Education found that “the vast majority of Americans rarely hear college presidents comment on issues of national importance, and when t ...

A photograph called Love (Hands in Hair) from the German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans shows a young woman in red lipstick, eyes closed, a man’s hands on her head, in a nightclub. This image from ...

LOWELL — Political scientist Ardeth Thawnghmung, whose internationally recognized work has shaped global understanding of governance and conflict in Myanmar, was named UMass Lowell’s 2025 ...

In the wake of ruthless arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort in Minneapolis, one Harvard political scientist is arguing something many of us have suspected for a long time: the US is ...

A Brookings Institution scholar, he advised presidents and wrote books on the media (assessing reporters in one) and government (including a study of beleaguered press officers). By Robert D. McFadden ...

MOSCOW, Idaho — The United States has been implementing a strategy of influence in Venezuela, according to Florian Justwan, a political scientist with the University of Idaho. Justwan explained that ...

After seizing the Venezuelan president and his wife, President Donald Trump says the United States plans to "run" the country for an unspecified amount of time, zeroing in on advancing American oil ...

Americans feel more politically connected by generation than they do by race or gender, CNN polling data finds. Nearly 6 in 10 say they share a lot of common interests and concerns with other people ...

Ryan Burge, a professor at Washington University's Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, examines American religious life through the lens of social science surveys and statistics. But his new ...