Americans see rhetoric from the ‘other side,’ polarization, lack of understanding among the main reasons for politically motivated violence in the U.S. 28% of Democrats specifically mention the ...

Massive marches nationwide in the U.S. marked a turn against an increasing acceptance of political violence among protesters, ...

It’s important to consider how political satire helps defend democracy in ways that go beyond speaking truth to power.

Political attitudes and opinions can and do shift, sometimes drastically. Recent psychological research from Washington ...

At 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday, the federal government entered its first shutdown since 2018, after two competing funding proposals, one from Democrats and another from Republicans, failed in the ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to include a clarification about the legal status of federal guidance. Political pushback against social-emotional learning is prompting some districts to ...

A former Turning Point USA employee has opened up about the political awakening she experienced upon leaving the organization, as she hopes to remind people that it’s never too late to change their ...

Recent fatal shootings of political figures have highlighted a rise in political violence in the U.S. Experts suggest that most political violence comes from lone extremists rather than organized ...

In 2011, Martin McGuinness, the former leader of the Provisional IRA (Irish Republican Army), ran for president of the Republic of Ireland. Over the four decades of his public life, McGuinness had ...

Political elites in the US are ideologically divided over climate change. A new paper identifies two perspectives: The intrinsic view on ideological climate polarization views climate beliefs as ...

What do you know about politics? What should you know? Forget views, beliefs and opinions – politics is really a science. In this audio and video podcast, Dr. Kirby Goidel and Dr. Todd Kent from the ...

ABSTRACT: The substance of politics generally attracts more interest among political science students than the methodology of studying it. This study assesses the scientific status of political ...