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 Roman Republic fell roughly 2,000 years ago — the culmination of a series of events including Julius Caesar’s assassination 2,069 years ago today. Yet the republic’s ruin still influences how we ...

Hours after polls closed — or even before polls closed in some states — there was a scramble to figure out what the 2024 presidential election results meant. What did Donald Trump’s victory (one that ...

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?

The second edition of Understanding American Politics maintains the unique strengths of the first edition while offering improved coverage of political institutions. A single omnibus chapter on ...

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 ...

Exploring political behavior and polarization through the lens of social identity theory (SIT) provides insights into how individuals' self-concepts are shaped by their group memberships, influencing ...

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Politics is ubiquitous but often unseen or misunderstood. This course introduces students to key ideas and practices that constitute modern politics, providing them with the concepts and language 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 ...

Political violence is the deliberate use of power and force to achieve political goals[1], often outside the boundaries of legal and democratic processes. A Pew Research Center survey[2] of 3,445 U.S.