Are Joe Biden and Donald Trump really the two best candidates for America's most demanding and important job? Of course not. Among other concerns, both men are well past their prime. So why, then, are ...

A global study of 186 traditional societies found evidence supporting the theory that low-alcohol fermented beverages played a role in the evolution of political complexity, contributing to the ...

As dissatisfaction with the two-party system grows in the United States, the idea of an alternative, however unlikely, gains traction. Elon Musk’s recent call for an America Party may be unserious, ...

WASHINGTON — A few days ago, The Times launched a series of stories about the immigrant experience in America. At a time when 1 in 6 adults in the U.S. are immigrants and when immigration is one of ...

A version of this study was originally published on June 10. We previously used the term “racial conspiracy theories” as an editorial shorthand to describe a complex and mixed set of findings. By ...

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) discussed the influence of money on the political system in the U.S., implicating his own party in the corruption he said it causes. “I think the entire American political ...

In today's Republican Party, you can be openly gay and Hispanic. What you can't be is poor. That's my takeaway from the news this week that Congressman-elect George Santos, the son of Brazilian ...

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