Politics

The benefits of democratic societies go beyond greater personal freedoms and liberties. A new study by a UC Riverside economics professor published in Economics & Politics has found that democratic systems of government also lead […]

Abortion is murder—the emotive rallying cry popular with pro-life campaigners keen to convert others to their cause. But what if opposition to abortion isn’t all about sanctity-of-life concerns, and instead at least partly about discouraging […]

People think that Harry Potter, Spiderman and Gandalf would vote the same way they do, whereas Darth Vader, Cruella de Vil and Joffrey Baratheon would vote for the rival party.This article is brought to you […]

Does more income equal more democracy? Not necessarily, according to an analysis of 200 years of international data.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

To a bystander, a terrorist attack may seem an indiscriminate act of violence, timed solely to inflict maximum damage on its victims.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Refugees haven’t been welcome in the United States since the first day of President Donald Trump’s second term, when he signed an executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for 90 days. Despite a […]

Material grievances—especially high youth unemployment—are a far greater breeding ground for extremism than religious or political beliefs. This is the conclusion of a major international study involving the Research Center Global Dynamics at Leipzig University. […]

COP30—the 30th edition of the Conference of the Parties, an annual meeting organized by the United Nations (UN) to define and implement global actions to tackle the climate crisis—is being eagerly awaited. Scheduled for November […]

Democracies often have fewer murders per capita than other countries, but they are often also wealthier than countries with other forms of government.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

EU citizens’ trust in the European Union has not been steadily increasing as hoped, as a result of past crises, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.This article is brought to you […]