Political scientist Katherine J. Cramer decided to explore the political divide in her home state of Wisconsin by talking to people at gas stations, coffee shops, and churches in small towns across ...

In the mid-1960s, social revolutionary Martin Luther King, Jr., took a much-needed break from the public eye. Renting a house in Jamaica, he isolated himself from the national scene, foregoing even ...

We’re experiencing increased tension and political polarization between Democrats/Liberals and Republicans/Conservatives. Most of us are afraid to talk politics ...

A January Pew Research Center poll showed that less than 60 percent of Americans could correctly answer questions about American politics. Boston University professors were not surprised by the ...

The other day, while we were unpacking groceries, my 12-year-old asked, “Wait… can a president just stay president if they don’t want to leave?” She’d overheard something about how President Trump ...

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 ...

Bill Gates expressed concern that President Trump's tariff policies are creating economic uncertainty, discouraging long-term business investments and compounding instability in a labor market already ...