Politics

When politicians redraw congressional district maps to favor their party, they may secure short-term victories. But those wins can come at a steep price—a loss of public faith in elections and, ultimately, in democracy itself.This […]

Half of U.S. adults report using at least one “major AI tool,” but public attitudes about artificial intelligence regulation remain divided nationwide, according to a new survey.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

In the spring of 2020, everything changed. Many people’s lives moved online. Court trials were no exception.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

By the time the next US election takes place in 2028, millennial and gen Z voters—who already watch over six hours of media content a day—will make up the majority of the electorate. As gen […]

The international community must reverse cuts to humanitarian aid for the Rohingya and work with Dhaka authorities to improve conditions in refugee camps, a new study says. The work is published in the journal Third […]

Reducing the rising tide of political extremism—and violence—in the United States and beyond may require a rethinking of how we understand the forces that drive polarization, according to a study from the University of Toronto.This […]

When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue team resigned after the deadly July 4, 2025, Texas floods, he told colleagues he was frustrated with bureaucratic hurdles that had delayed […]

Whether in Belgium, Poland, or Ukraine, when asked about their nation’s role under Nazi occupation, many Europeans today primarily see their own population as victims—or as heroes. This is the key finding of a cross-national […]

If you’ve interacted with an artificial intelligence chatbot, you’ve likely realized that all AI models are biased. They were trained on enormous corpuses of unruly data and refined through human instructions and testing. Bias can […]

What turns a democratically elected leader into an authoritarian? The process is rarely abrupt. It unfolds gradually and is often justified as a necessary reform. It is framed as what the people wanted. All this […]