politics
In 2017, conflict was stronger between red and blue than it was between black and white.
This holiday season, ask the questions you don’t know the answer to.
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There are a lot of tough conversations that stand between where America is now and “liberty and justice for all,” says Van Jones.
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A string of terror attacks across the globe have shaken the world’s most powerful nations to their core. As a result of these tragic events, and the fear-mongering from politicians […]
The one thing both extremes of Left and Right agree on.
Sen. John McCain announced he’ll be voting against GOP legislation that would repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Renowned linguist and public intellectual MIT Professor Noam Chomsky offers his take on the Trump administration and its troubles with Russia.
Historian Alfred McCoy explains why American power is coming to an end and lays out his vision for the new global order.
You might think philosophy is a boy’s club. We are here to correct that misconception.
A new report highlights the increasing violence faced by environmental activists around the world.
Many people were upset when NPR tweeted out the Declaration of Independence.
The political and economic ideas of socialism are coming back into fashion.
Mathematicians are working to combat partisan gerrymandering.
As the Internet takes over from broadcast television, we find ourselves in a new psychological ecosystem—and people’s ability or failure to adapt explains the last two years of American politics.
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Clashes between “antifa” on the far left and the alt-right have intensified.
From Abraham Lincoln’s founding of the National Academy of Sciences in 1863, to the US currently leading the world in the Nobel Prize count (a third of which we owe to immigrants), America was built on science. What happens when we doubt and defund it?
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A study finds an increasing number of Americans live with serious mental issues and their access to healthcare is getting worse.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson releases an emotional video on the state of science in America.
The thoughts on ruthless leadership by Italian politician and writer Niccolò Machiavelli resonate today.
Video of a man being dragged off a United Airlines flight sparks widespread outrage.
Research shows the groups have different tastes when buying science books. For the most part.
There’s one whopper out there that people rarely acknowledge, but self-confessed “cynical libertarian” Dave Barry isn’t shying away.
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Billionaire George Soros, the subject of countless conservative conspiracy theories, funds the opposition to President Trump’s agenda.
A new study explains why and how people choose to avoid information and when that strategy could be beneficial.
America’s most popular conspiracy theories and the science behind them.
A new study from Johns Hopkins University supports making birth control pills available without a prescription.
Astrophysicist and science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals if he’d run for President and what he would do if elected.
The Middle Ages see a resurgence of interest among the alt-right and some conservative thinkers.
A new report shows the marijuana industry is poised to have a major economic impact.
A college course on how to recognize “bullshit” addresses fake news, memes, clickbaiting and misleading advertising.