Kamala Harris wants to tackle America’s caregiving challenge
Millions of Americans care for aging parents or partners. That number will rise.
Parties promise unity, but many South Africans may sit out election
An expert discusses racial politics, the potential for election violence, and youth political engagement ahead of May 29 elections.
Our series on the 2024 South African elections
South Africans vote in a pivotal election on May 29.
Two new books take different roads to understand South Africa
South Africa’s government changed after 1994. So did the social order.
Why democracies win more wars than autocracies
Like Putin, dictators tend to start risky wars, our research shows
The House might pass a long-ignored bill to study reparations for slavery. Why now?
My research looks at how Black legislators changed the Democratic Party — and how becoming party insiders changed them.
The E.U. granted Ukrainian refugees temporary protection. Why the different response from past migrant crises?
People who fled the war in Ukraine wait for relocation
Martin Luther King Jr. was right. Racism and opposition to democracy are linked, our research finds.
Americans who don’t think institutional racism is a problem are more likely to believe that Jan. 6 was a protest, not an insurrection, and that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.