We analyze wars through the lens of geopolitics and history. We rarely analyze the psychology underlying them. The research ...

Discover how sexism intertwines with politics in our conversation with Suzanne Pharr about her influential book.

This is a plot to interfere with the will of voters and undermine both the rule of law and public confidence in our elections ...

How we handle uncertainty might shape our politics. Research in Personality and Individual Differences indicates that a lower ...

There’s a concept in behavioral science known as “normalcy bias,” or the notion that we are prone to believe that status quos will more or less hold, and to underestimate the likelihood of worst-case ...

As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman ...

“Today we must reckon with the harsh reality that authoritarianism has arrived in America, that it’s broadly popular, and that millions of our fellow citizens have given it their votes,” writes the LA ...

Democrats keep warning that if Donald Trump gets a second term he will be an authoritarian president. They also claim his first term was authoritarian. Trump did once attack the Second Amendment by ...

Thalia’s Umbrella discomforts audiences (in a good way) with this play about making theater in an authoritarian state.

As governments across Southeast Asia respond to public anger over corruption, experts warn that crackdowns could serve as an excuse for those in power to punish their rivals and protect vested ...