Aristotle's defense of "natural slavery" shows how it rationalized ancient hierarchies, defined societies, and influenced ...

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Updated on Dec. 10 at 10:37 a.m. The Supreme Court on Tuesday considered a challenge to a federal law limiting the amount of ...

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In recent years, Stephen A. Smith has been more outspoken about politics. He typically steers away from discussing politics on ESPN, but has not been afraid to weigh in on his own podcast and other ...

New research reveals that people find AI-delivered political arguments convincing. This could help bridge political divides—or fuel polarization. As large language models become increasingly ...

British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 49, No. 3 (JULY 2019), pp. 1117-1140 (24 pages) Does evidence help politicians make informed decisions even if it is at odds with their prior beliefs? And ...

The Supreme Court appeared deeply concerned Wednesday with President Donald Trump’s reliance on a vague federal law to impose global tariffs, with several members of the court’s conservative wing ...

The Alaska Supreme Court will decide whether state regulators acted correctly to fine backers of a failed election reform ballot measure more than $94,000 for a variety of alleged campaign finance ...

Renee Anderson is a digital producer at CBS New York, where she covers breaking news and other local stories. Before joining the team in 2016, Renee worked at WMUR-TV. Zohran Mamdani went into the ...