politics

Why is populism so popular? The rise of Donald Trump has been an enigma to many. Not so much to evolutionary psychologists.

West delivered an impassioned speech on American industry and transport, even pitching a high-tech plane to Apple.

Wray said the investigation was “limited in scope” and “followed standard procedures,” though he seemed to sidestep repeated questions about the involvement of the White House in determining the scope of the investigation.

Researchers at Cornell found through new experiments that people will overlook dishonesty if it benefits them and the group they identify with.

The states with golden stars on them are extra intriguing.

Her support of Democratic candidates has the alt-right furious.

Novels open us to the nuances of being human.

Haley, who’s at times been both a supporter and critic of the president, reportedly “shocked” White House officials by announcing the end of her two-year tenure as a U.N. ambassador.

A new report from Bloomberg describes how Chinese subcontractors secretly inserted microchips into servers that wound up in data centers used by nearly 30 American companies.

Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has failed to adequately address human rights violations against the Rohingya in Myanmar, according to Canadian legislators.

Kayne West’s tweet that the United States should amend the 13th Amendment brought renewed attention to a flaw in its language.

The White House quoted the president as telling ABC News reporter Cecilia Vega that she’s “never thanking.”

Thinking in teams is destroying American life

“This country is being ripped apart here,” Flake told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, one day before the Senate is set to vote on Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Here’s the link to watch it live.

Brett M. Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, one of three women who’s accused him of sexual assault, are due to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

The counties in question failed to provide voting and elections information online in both Spanish and English.

Ban Ki-moon recently criticized the state of the U.S. healthcare system as part of his work with The Elders, an international organization founded by Nelson Mandela.

Are university safe spaces killing intellectual growth?

Transformation of big companies is really important if we want to create a system that is fairer, more sustainable and less unequal.

Meritocracy doesn’t work when some people benefit from the system disproportionately.

Jordan Peterson is one of the most controversial public figures in recent years. Here’s a recap of some of his ideas.

What is liberal America’s big, and possibly fatal, mistake? Failing to recognize its own extremists.

Yale professor Amy Chua on the identity of nations, why hardened tribes end up in civil wars, and why you can’t just replace dictators with democracy.

“Sports is war minus the shooting,” said George Orwell. So far, however, a thawing of tensions between North Korea and South Korea has been the big political story of the 2018 Olympic Games.

“Anarchy” is often used as a synonym for chaos. Does the historical record match up with that? 

Magical thinking has always run deep in America, but in the last 30 years things have begun to escalate. “Nutty fringe ideas” are making their way into the mainstream.

While it can often be tempting to unfollow friends who have differing political views than you, one philosopher tells us why we should embrace, rather than shun, such challenges to our worldviews. 

Many great minds have plenty of bad things to say about democracy, but what about the people who think it is great?