Politics

As tensions soar in the Middle East, the president’s lame duck status hinders efforts to manage the escalation of risks in the region

Despite high levels of innumeracy and math anxiety, people often appreciate numeric data

Harris would continue the Biden administration’s landmark climate efforts; Trump would roll the country back to more oil and gas

Anti-immigrant rhetoric in the U.S. comes straight out of the playbook of eugenics, deeply dishonest scientism that falsely claims that criminality, poverty and a host of other ills are all genetically inherited

Abortions after 20 weeks are about ending suffering. To deny someone that care is barbaric

Both presidential candidates would restrict immigration but Donald Trump would try to implement an extreme anti-immigrant agenda

Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump offer starkly different responses to gun violence

Both U.S. presidential candidates voice support for innovation in AI, but Kamala Harris has been more outspoken about its risks to individuals

Polls show an increased number of Black women voters back Kamala Harris. Her emphasis on maternal mortality, reproductive rights and gun control may be contributing

Whoever wins the 2024 presidential election will face heightened nuclear geopolitics, deadlines on nuclear deals with Russia and Iran and decisions on a $2-trillion weapons-modernization effort

The presidential candidates have vastly divergent records on and plans for protecting access to reproductive health care, including abortion and IVF

The conservative Project 2025 playbook for a possible Trump presidency calls for cutting aid for disasters such as Hurricane Helene