Reinhart is a political anthropologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst. Over Labor Day weekend, much of the internet briefly convinced itself that the president of the United States was dead.

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, ...

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 ...

The Hindu American Foundation reported incidents of anti-Indian sentiment linked to stricter H1-B visa regulations and ...

The day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University, commentators repeated a familiar refrain: "This isn't who we are as Americans." Others ...

The Pentagon is not backing down from its quest for consequences for those who celebrate Charlie Kirk’s killing, even as Democrats warn the move is "un-American" and violates free speech protections.

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, ...

On the overall costs and benefits of technological revolutions, the printing press helped fuel the religious wars of the 16th ...

Political Science professor Beth Simmons was elected president of the American Political Science Association for the 2025-26 slate of officers and council members. Eight new council members were ...