Here are three of the most revealing elements of the ongoing speaker kerfuffle, and how political science can help people understand them.
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It is important to understand the distinctions between patriotism and nationalism, especially since there has been intentional misuse and hijacking of both by the far right.
California’s new laws mean oil and gas companies like Chevron will likely have to account for emissions from vehicles that use their gasoline, and Apple will have to account for materials that go into iPhones.
Israel has one of the most capable and sophisticated intelligence enterprises. Yet some Israeli officials have said they believed Hamas lacked the capability to launch an attack on the scope and scale of what occurred.
Rupert Murdoch has been described as perhaps the most destructive immigrant ever to become an American citizen—a fact that is hard to overstate.
Tommy Tuberville—responsible for holding up about 300 military promotion confirmations—represents Alabama but lives and votes in Florida. Why is he still in the Senate?
Blaming the victims of hate and hate speech for that hate is a practice that is actually thousands of years old. Elon Musk has opened the power of "social" platform to once again amplify this insanity.
RICO, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, charges can be brought against citizens who work for legitimate businesses but commit acts of bribery and corruption.
Extreme heat can affect every aspect of modern life, and heat waves aren’t going away. From metal failures to roadways breaking down to air conditioning loads, our warming climate is becoming a larger and larger problem.
Sixty years ago tomorrow, Martin Luther King's most famous speech, "I Have a Dream," was not written in advance. He gave it off the cuff, in response to inspiration from Mahalia Jackson.
A University of Virginia law professor answers questions about the American bail system and how the bail amounts in the Georgia election interference case reflect that system.
A NASA engineer says, "Geoengineering is not a cure. At best, it’s a Band-Aid or tourniquet; at worst, it could be a self-inflicted wound."
State election officials could themselves, or in response to a petition of a citizen of that state, refuse Trump a place on the 2024 ballot because of the automatic 14th Amendment disqualification.
Based on the extensive scientific evidence presented at the trial the judge found that the Montana youth are being harmed by climate change occurring in Montana.
Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and others "constituted a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in various related criminal activities," the indictment states.
The fourth charge against Trump—of conspiring against the rights of the voters to cast ballots and have them fairly and honestly counted—comes from a dark time in U.S. history.