Good Playlist: The music that tells the story of the Iraq War ▶️ David Suisman - February 21, 2025 Seven remarkable recordings that help us understand this war, 15 years later.
The Islamic State’s leader died this month. What type of leader might come next? Tricia Bacon and Elizabeth Grimm - February 16, 2022 Our book on terrorist leaders gives some clues
Despite Manchin and Sinema, Democrats are more united than they’ve been for decades Adam Hilton - January 24, 2022 Since the 1960s, the Democratic Party has been dismantled and rebuilt in a strongly progressive direction
Biden’s Democrats want to roll back the Reagan era. Are the party and the country ready? Amelia Malpas and Adam Hilton - March 19, 2021 Democrats have been moving to the left since well before the pandemic, our research finds
Netflix has India’s ruling party outraged about a ‘love jihad’ plot. What is love jihad? Laura Dudley Jenkins - December 30, 2020 This conspiracy theory functions much as did the ‘anti-Sharia’ laws passed in U.S. states, demonizing and legitimizing antagonism toward Muslims
Where are people less likely to obey coronavirus restrictions? Republican counties. Keena Lipsitz and Grigore Pop-Eleches - May 12, 2020 That’s especially true in counties with lower education levels
Sanders is out. Does that mean that ‘the party decides’ after all? Adam Hilton - April 9, 2020 A look at this year’s primaries shows it’s more complicated than that.
A New York Times columnist started a big argument on meritocracy. Here’s a better way to debate the issue. Michael McLendon - December 22, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81932" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive
A Chinese scientist says he edited babies’ genes. What are the rights of the genetically modified child? Eileen Botting - December 6, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81160" align="aligncenter" width="960"] He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, spoke
Does ‘zero tolerance’ protect the U.S. from terrorism or crime? Let’s examine the evidence. Tricia Bacon - June 28, 2018 In June 2018, President Trump signed an executive order halting