During my years as a Ph.D. student, I found myself for the first time in a familiar routine. For four years, my life settled into a predictable rhythm—weekly meetings with my supervisor, seminars to ...

Political scientist Katherine J. Cramer decided to explore the political divide in her home state of Wisconsin by talking to people at gas stations, coffee shops, and churches in small towns across ...

We’re experiencing increased tension and political polarization between Democrats/Liberals and Republicans/Conservatives. Most of us are afraid to talk politics ...

A January Pew Research Center poll showed that less than 60 percent of Americans could correctly answer questions about American politics. Boston University professors were not surprised by the ...

The other day, while we were unpacking groceries, my 12-year-old asked, “Wait… can a president just stay president if they don’t want to leave?” She’d overheard something about how President Trump ...

Bill Gates expressed concern that President Trump's tariff policies are creating economic uncertainty, discouraging long-term business investments and compounding instability in a labor market already ...