Homegrown ‘fake news’ is a bigger problem than Russian propaganda. Here’s a way to make falsehoods more costly for politicians. Yusaku Horiuchi and Brendan Nyhan - October 23, 2017 [caption id="attachment_65227" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg at the
This new poll shows that populism doesn’t stem from people’s economic distress Brian Rathbun, Evgeniia Iakhnis, and Kathleen Powers - October 19, 2017 It's not about your finances. It's about how you think the rich and poor are doing.
Trump’s criticism of the Iran nuclear deal may only lead to more nuclear weapons Nicholas Miller - October 6, 2017 The fate of the JCPOA may be even more important.
Americans love to hate foreign aid, but the right argument makes them like it a lot more Taylor Tidwell, Reuben Hurst, and Darren Hawkins - May 4, 2017 [caption id="attachment_57776" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A woman carries a bag containing
France’s critical election happens in June, not on Sunday John Carey - May 3, 2017 The second round of France’s presidential election, on Sunday, is
Trump’s threat of steel tariffs heralds big changes in trade policy Chad Bown - April 21, 2017 President Trump announced Thursday that he was directing the commerce secretary
We can’t find any evidence of voting fraud in New Hampshire. Sean Westwood, Michael Herron, and David Cottrell - February 28, 2017 [caption id="attachment_54730" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A ballot box is set Nov.
We checked Trump’s allegations of voter fraud. We found no evidence at all. David Cottrell, Michael Herron, and Sean Westwood - December 2, 2016 There weren't millions of fraudulent votes.
Trump says we can reduce the debt by making U.S. allies pay for military protection Carla Norrlof and William Wohlforth - November 3, 2016 That's mostly wrong.
A presidential candidate can’t threaten to imprison his opponent if he wants to live in a democracy Joshua Tucker - October 11, 2016 In the aftermath of the second U.S. presidential debate on