Ohio cat rumors – and why misinformation about minorities goes viral
A Good Chat with researchers studying ways to combat dangerous rumors against minorities elsewhere.
Supreme Court justices aren’t pretending to respect each other
The justices like to present themselves as collegial. The Dobbs opinions suggest that collegiality is cracking.
You’ve seen the leaked opinion overturning Roe. Here’s what comes next.
Opinions have been leaked before, but this one is different.
Satellites make it harder for countries to launch surprise attacks. That’s in Ukraine’s favor.
But seeing what’s happening on the ground doesn’t help explain Russia’s motives
Some say the U.S. is headed toward civil war. History suggests something else.
A year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, political scientists largely agree that U.S. partisanship has become deeply toxic, even dangerous
John Geddert killed himself after being charged with abuse. Gymnastics’ problems go beyond any one person.
This time, the athletes themselves are pushing for change — and that may make the difference.
The long, dangerous history of right-wing calls for violence and civil war
In the 1960s and again today, Americans who describe themselves as patriots accuse other Americans of treason.
Trump and Modi will meet in India this week. Here’s what to expect.
India is a key strategic partner — but trade, Kashmir and Pakistan complicate the relationship
The U.S.-Iran crisis has calmed down — but things won’t ever go back to how they were before
The U.S. has to worry about more-accurate Iranian missiles, while the downed airplane has brought Iranian protesters to the street
We’re an all-women team chosen to edit political science’s flagship journal. Here’s why that matters.
Here’s the ninth in our series on the gender gap in political science.
What conservatives get wrong about cosmopolitans
‘Citizens of the world’ aren’t so elite after all.
Trump picked a fight with India. Here’s what’s going on.
Trump exacerbates India’s strategic fears.
Trump is giving Arthur Laffer the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Economists aren’t smiling.
The ‘Laffer curve,’ which suggests lowering tax rates might increase tax revenue, shows that ideas can have consequences even when experts ridicule them
Pete Buttigieg argues against free college. This is why progressives can’t agree about subsidizing tuition.
What is a college education for, and who benefits from it?
After terrorist attack in Kashmir, will India seek vengeance or de-escalation?
Let’s examine Modi’s rhetoric for clues.
Ugandan police are attacking protesters. Here’s how that backfires.
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U.S. sanctions against Iran just got tougher. What happens now?
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E.U. countries want to save the Iran nuclear deal. Don’t expect cooperation on U.S. sanctions.
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Pakistani militants have created their own political party. Can it actually win votes?
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What’s behind the Islamist protests in Pakistan?
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Trump singled out India to do more in Afghanistan. That could easily backfire.
In the middle of Monday night’s fairly orthodox speech on
America needs Europe’s help with sanctions. It may not get it.
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Today is India’s 70th birthday. How it answers these 3 questions will define its future — and the world’s.
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Anti-Muslim sentiment is on the rise in China. We found that the Internet fuels — and fights — this.
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In 3 charts, here’s how President Trump’s tweets differ from candidate Trump’s tweets
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Here’s how the U.N. is working to stop terrorists from getting weapons of mass destruction
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Moving to the center can be costly for left-wing parties
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The Critics of Social Science Are Sometimes the Best Defenders of Social Science
Washington Post columnist Charles Lane's opposition to National Science Foundation