Given that RFK Jr. has fired the director of the CDC, he apparently wants all of us to be as healthy as people in the wonderfully healthful 17th century. There ...

Donald Trump has a message for critics who think turning the U.S. government into a major stockholder of Intel is a “socialist” move: More is coming.

Washington Post correspondent Dan Balz reflects on his career—and what his reporting reveals about politics today.

Benjamin Franklin is famously quoted as saying, “A republic, if you can keep it.” This remark was made in response to a question from Elizabeth Willing Powel, who asked Franklin ...

UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.

Artificial intelligence is going to eat our jobs, make our students weak and lazy and possibly destroy democracy for good ...

In an unhappy coincidence, the Covid-19 pandemic and Angie Jo's doctoral studies in political science both began in 2019. Paradoxically, this global ...

Samuel Clark receives funding from the South East Network for Social Sciences. In a world where politics can often feel demoralising, it’s no surprise that many people are finding comfort and hope in ...

Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Explore how the Global Soft Power Index 2025 reveals the shifting dynamics of influence among nations, with a focus on the cultural and economic clout of the US, China, and South Africa.

Administrators at the University of Colorado's campus in Colorado Springs believed they could avoid the Trump ...

Ombudsman v. PM Fico’s office in NGO law clash; dogs rattle politics 18 years apart; Tatras unveil their 100th waterfall.