In the wake of a calamitous election that was a wholesale rebuke of the Democratic Party writ large, a lot of confusion has emerged. Should the Democrats move left to try to compete in this new world?

Think polarization is new to American politics? Harvard research reveals counties with the highest slave populations in 1860 ...

During an especially intense news period, marked by a bomb blast in Manhattan and a subsequent manhunt in New Jersey, an investigation into the politics behind America’s opioid epidemic still received ...

The decline of civics education contributes to our political polarization, but our schools can help repair our social connections. Bigstock Many Americans feel that our politics are more polarized ...

“Just do what’s popular!” is a common refrain you hear from the center-left Democratic establishment in the wake of their loss to Donald Trump. Bloggers read by the White House like Matt Yglesias have ...

During my years as a Ph.D. student, I found myself for the first time in a familiar routine. For four years, my life settled into a predictable rhythm—weekly meetings with my supervisor, seminars to ...

Understanding the root causes and possible solutions for rising political violence Violence has become an unwelcome reality in American politics – from this weekend’s murders in Minnesota to the ...

People trying to understand politics in the United States today often turn to history for precedents and perspective. Are our current divisions like the ones that preceded the American Revolution or ...

Are you an aspiring lawyer? Or, are you interested in a career as a government official? Perhaps you’re simply interested in learning about Western politics and how our political landscape became what ...

In these crazy political times, it seems that there are some folks whose brains are simply not screwed on straight. Day after day we observe scandal, egregious behavior, misrepresentation, and so on.