South Africa’s ruling party is going after corrupt leaders. That’s only half the problem.
Even low-level offices can bring wealth, so people are killing each other to gain election.
Afghans want peace. New data show they’re open to a surprising number of options.
Our survey found Taliban power-sharing was not a dealbreaker.
What the rise and fall of Jim Crow laws can teach today’s voting rights advocates
White Southern leaders established one-party rule by sharply restricting who could vote — until Black civil rights advocates pushed the federal government into action
Women of color won congressional seats in record numbers. How will they legislate?
Our research finds that Black and Latina female legislators focus especially on helping low-income communities of color.
We have data on who voted early in key battleground states and whom they may be voting for
Republicans started slow but are making up ground.
The State Department labeled China’s Confucius programs a bad influence on U.S. students. What’s the story?
Concerns over the ideological threat of these programs may be overblown
Autocratic governments are using coronavirus as a pretext to clamp down on opponents
Here’s what we found in Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Where do police departments get their military-style gear? Here’s what we don’t know.
For a good public discussion of militarized policing, we need to know where police get military goods and how they’re funded