Swearing by politicians in public has become much more common. A new poll shows what voters think about this trend.

Our findings show that even passive exposure to political content on social media is linked to elevated political stress. But active engagement — such as likes, reposts, and comments — makes the ...

Two assassination attempts on President Trump. The assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the wounding of others. The shooting death of a top healthcare executive. The killing ...

When host Garry Kasparov created the Renew Democracy Initiative in 2017, the founding manifesto warned that “the liberal-democratic order is under attack from within and without.” Eight years later, ...

There is a growing sense of frustration coursing through American politics, and it is no longer confined to one party or ideology. That frustration has real roots. Major institutions badly damaged ...

Gu was also asked to weigh in, condemning Trump’s comments and saying “it really runs contrary to everything the Olympics should be.” Here is the problem with that: Gu was an American, born and raised ...

The new American pope, Leo XIV, has somehow managed, in the four months since his election, to stay mostly out of the news. His predecessor, Pope Francis, had been committed to expanding the church’s ...

In recent months, a strain of political rhetoric has crossed a line that democracies ignore at their peril. What began as familiar arguments about immigration levels and visa programs has, in some ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is in a new era of political violence — one that feels starker than any since the fraught days of 1968, ...