Reported crimes do not always lead to arrests, prosecutions or even a record of hate crimes. By...
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In our republic, elected officials ought to be representative of, and responsive to, the voters. California has...
There is an Option C that benefits the wealthy and the not-so-much. A friend sent me an...
This has even opened the door to alliances between groups that once would have had nothing to...
The GOP has absorbed selected aspects of her rhetoric and larger aims of the libertarian purists. Ayn...
The belief that nobody really does or can know anything is the perfect soil for an authoritarian...
Trump is selfish and willing do whatever it takes to get what he wants for himself. In...
Academics and international donors alike have only recently considered targeted political violence as an integral part of...
Feudal elements tend to emerge when the state is unable or unwilling to maintain order in society....
It planted the seeds of the tea party and the Trump administration when it was founded 60 years ago. By Dr. Christopher Towler...
They will use silly and easily debunked arguments as proof that they are truly on the side of...
Looking at the consequences of President Nixon’s actions and how the public viewed our governmental policies afterwards. By...
Nixon had a strong “us v. them” mentality. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate On June 17,...
From the suffragette Sophia Duleep Singh to the Communist MP Shapurji Saklatvala: explore the lives of notable...
A protester and counter-protester square off at a Trump rally / Reuters Political polls and years of...
Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images A demographic portrait of today’s 6- to 21-year-olds. By...
Photo by Tim Graham, Getty Images The opponents of majority rule in the U.S. have been laser-focused on rigging the rules of...
The unprecedented danger that Donald Trump poses to liberty and basic human decency in America. By Gennady Stolyarov II...
Political polarization remains a major obstacle to national action on global climate change. Originally published by Climate...
The same hate-filled rhetoric that created the circumstances for recent violence also stokes ferocious attacks on climate...
Boston, Lincolnshire / Wikimedia Commons National populism poses dangers in its delegitimization of mainstream politics and through its...
William Jennings Bryan during the 1896 campaign for U.S. president / U.S. Information Agency, Wikimedia Commons For...
From “A full and complete account of the late awful riots in Philadelphia : embellished with ten engravings”, part...
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Congressional midterm election spending will likely hit a record $5 billion. But the spending masks the main problem with US campaign financing: who...
The “recent acceleration of voter suppression – fuelled by public fear, sanctioned by the judiciary, and supported...
Kleroterion: This device was used for the jury selection system in Athens. Bronze identification tickets were inserted...
The Acropolis of Athens. Dominating the acropolis is the Parthenon, built between 447 and 432 BCE in the Age of Pericles, and...
Photo by Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung / Wikimedia Commons Examining right wing populist communicative performances. By (left-to-right) Dr. Mats Ekström, Dr....
Unsplash There is a vast ecosystem of toxic online content. By Chloe Reichel / 10.30.2018 Shortly before the...
A protester is arrested by Capitol Hill Police during the Kavanaugh nomination. AP/Alex Brandon A polarized electorate is...