Fantasy role-playing games like D&D help us deal with our reality Brent E. Sasley - November 15, 2024 The Dungeons & Dragons teamwork approach teaches strategies to address foreign policy and other challenges.
Looking for bingeworthy TV about politics? Here you go. Seth Masket - December 13, 2022 Here’s one political scientist’s list of the best and the worst. Tell us yours!
Chileans vote this weekend whether to rewrite the Pinochet-era constitution. Valeria Palanza, Laia Balcells, and Elsa Voytas - October 21, 2020 A museum that helps people acknowledge the authoritarian past may influence how they feel about politics today.
The latest Star Wars film satisfies the right wing. Will the left start trolling? Bethany Lacina - January 18, 2020 Don’t expect a new ‘Fandom Menace’ to emerge this time around
Think ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ is the end of the story? Think again. Stephen Dyson - December 21, 2019 The franchise still falls short for those who want political commentary with their science fiction spectaculars
Whom you supported in ‘Game of Thrones’ says a lot about your real-world politics Joshua D. Ambrosius - May 24, 2019 For instance, people who supported House Stark back decentralized government.
Who will be angry when the Star Wars episode IX trailer drops today? Bethany Lacina - April 11, 2019 In short, both the left and the right.
The smash success of ‘Captain Marvel’ shows us that conservatives are ignoring the alt-right Bethany Lacina - March 14, 2019 Superheroes who are women or people of color attract new audiences without losing the old ones
Dystopian fiction makes people more willing to justify political violence. Should you worry? Celia Paris and Calvert Jones - January 12, 2019 [caption id="attachment_82415" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Pro-abortion activists in favor of decriminalizing
When Americans watch late-night comedy, the joke’s on Donald Trump Stephen Farnsworth and Robert Lichter - November 8, 2018 Donald Trump is the most laughed-about politician in any single