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 ...

Proposition 50 would allow California Democrats to replace the state’s congressional maps with ones the party hopes will help them to flip five GOP-held seats.

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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 ...

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, ...

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said she is skeptical that the federal deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country is legal, as President Trump has moved to send ...