As Zohran Mamdani’s insurgent mayoral campaign in New York City came to a dramatic close, René Girard’s mimetic theory offers a revealing lens through which to interpret the emotional and symbolic ...

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Has America become a four-party country? Tuesday’s Election Day might shed a little light on the splintering Democrat and Republican parties, with Democratic Socialists and MAGA’s continuing to move ...

From her controversial LPGA exemption to hawking $130 sweatshirts on the White House lawn, the 18-year-old is stepping into ...

Roughly half of Americans also say the Democratic Party (50%) and the Republican Party (49%) make them feel angry.

The Israel-Hamas war is happening more than 5000 miles away, but you wouldn’t know that from the intensity of protests ...

Nearly 1 in 6 Americans lives in a “distressed” community. Where they live and what they experience could explain a lot about our politics.

Rutgers professor Louis Masur talked about how Thomas Jefferson and James Madison each viewed traveling. The American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, hosted this event.

The Harvard historian on why change requires “determination and imagination.” ...

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away ...

The phrase appeals more to several demographics that strongly align with Trump, says Republican strategist Frank Luntz, ...

Gov. Greg Abbott could soon have a powerful new tool to go after Democratic judges he’s deemed too lenient under a proposal on the November ballot. The constitutional amendment would let the governor ...