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Politics-The Conversation
Jon Stewart, still a ‘tiny, neurotic man,’ back to remind Americans what’s at stake
In the early 2000s, Jon Stewart perfected the art of ironic satire, playfully critiquing politicians, political institutions, the press and the public...
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TikTok’s duet, green screen and stitch turn political point-scoring into an art form
TikTok’s features for combining different users’ videos have sparked a wave of creativity. They’ve also formed an arena for political arguments and in...
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Breakaway parties threaten to disrupt South Korea’s two-party system – can they also end parliamentary gridlock?
Heading into a parliamentary vote, there is very little gap between the ruling People Power Party and opposition Democratic Party – raising the prospe...
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Even presidents need a touch of madness − in March
Filling out brackets for the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments allows a president to be just a regular Joe. Including Joe Biden.
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Legislative inaction and dissatisfaction with one-party control lead to more issues going directly to voters in ballot initiatives, with 60% of them i...
Voters frustrated by statehouse politics are bypassing elected representatives and enacting laws using direct democracy to preserve abortion rights, r...
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What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement
In the space of two decades, Hong Kong’s liberal constitutional order has been transformed into a security regime that grants citizens few civil liber...
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‘He just vanished’ − missing activists highlight Tajikistan’s disturbing use of enforced disappearances
The Central Asian nation has long figured among the ‘worst of the worst’ in regards to political and human rights. A new report shines light on cases ...
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Biden cannot easily make Roe v. Wade federal law, but he could still make it easier to get an abortion
While both Congress and the president have extensive legal powers, they cannot easily change the law to protect abortions under federal law.
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Nixon declared Americans deserved to know ‘whether their president is a crook’ – Trump says the opposite
The parallels between Trump and Nixon are abundantly clear. Yet even Nixon acknowledged the fundamental importance of accountability in a democracy.
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Trump judgments: What’s an appeal bond? What happens if he can’t get a $454 million loan?
Trump has apparently been unable to secure the appeal bond he needs to avoid paying the civil fraud judgment against him.
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Supreme Court lets Texas’ immigration law stand, intensifying fight between Texas and the US government over securing the Mexico border
The Supreme Court announced that Texas can, at least for now, have state authorities arrest and deport undocumented migrants.
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Pro-Israel but anti-Netanyahu: Democratic Party leaders try to find the middle ground
What does it mean when a staunch supporter of Israel in Congress says he no longer supports Israel’s leadership? It’s a new kind of relationship betwe...
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Haiti is in crisis, but foreign intervention comes with an ugly past
Can a multinational security mission provide Haiti with a stable future? Not without sustained funding for after the troops leave.
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US democracy’s unaddressed flaws undermine Biden’s stand as democracy’s defender − but Trump keeps favoring political violence
There are potential threats to US democracy posed by the choices voters make in this presidential election. But the benefits of American democracy hav...
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Supreme Court’s questions about First Amendment cases show support for ‘free trade in ideas’
These cases have asked the justices to consider how to apply some of the most sweeping constitutional protections – those of free speech – to an extre...
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AI vs. elections: 4 essential reads about the threat of high-tech deception in politics
Using disinformation to sway elections is nothing new. Powerful new AI tools, however, threaten to give the deceptions unprecedented reach.
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Biden and Trump, though old, are both likely to survive to the end of the next president’s term, demographers explain
Detailed data on the ages at which people die can give good indications of a person’s remaining life span.
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