politics

There’s concrete tradeoff logic lurking beneath the numbers and market abstractions.

Cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker reminds us that innuendo and euphemism yield better quid pro quo results than an “or else” ultimatum.

“We made America great,” one Russian operative joked as Trump’s victory became clear.

Turkish government is trying to silence its own.

“At this point our data is more valuable than oil,” Yang said. “If anyone benefits from our data it should be us.”

Could Jerome Segal lead the country toward the utopia of our American dreams?

As it turns out, hacking an election isn’t as hard as you’d think.

In Canada and Austria, there are some signs that the young Swedish activist is already reshaping the political landscape.

Is former Vice President Joe Biden’s “return to normalcy” approach too moderate for Democratic voters?

A new study shows that nearly 40 percent of Americans report being stressed out by U.S. politics.

Some say Islam is not a religion. Here’s why all faiths should contest that.

Around 9 percent of the U.S. population believe the Pizzagate theory is true.

America’s racial wealth disparity is entrenched, with devastating effects. What if we got rid of it?

A new report argues that we stand to gain a lot economically by investing in 5 key areas.

Employees from Amazon and Microsoft plan to join the global protest, too.

Are you a victim of the social media bubble?

Repeating lies makes people believe they are true, show studies.

“We need to get our priorities straight,” Warren said.

A study of 323 uprisings against repressive regimes yields stunning insights.

Academics are often attacked for having the audacity to pursue their research wherever it leads. But engaging with difficult, challenging ideas is a large part of what academia is about.

Countless top-down reforms haven’t improved the U.S. education system; can community-based education make a difference?

Political activism may get people invested in politics, and affect urgently needed change, but it comes at the expense of tolerance and healthy democratic norms.

Virtual borders have also been subtly dividing the world

Politically incorrect speakers seem less calculated and more “real,” according to the authors of a new Berkeley study.

The study is among the first to explore the relationship between emotional abilities, political ideologies, and prejudice.

Americans’ inability to agree on what is true and what is false is a problem for democracy.

Left-leaning groups don’t seem to have made as full use of the internet as right-leaning ones. As one conservative put it, Paul Revere had a horse, but they have the internet.

What’s next for the nation’s opioid cases?

The 2020 Democratic candidate’s plan to give Americans a universal basic income seems to include a special provision for truckers.

Many believe that the internet has made it easier for us to participate in political activism. But is that really true?