Society & Politics

Is the news media broken? According to a survey released last October by Gallup, Americans continue to register record-low trust in the mass media—with less than one-third expressing trust in the media to report the […]

New research led by The University of Manchester has uncovered a significant and lasting link between the subjects young people study in secondary school and their political preferences.This post was originally published on this site

At the start of September 2025, US president Donald Trump sent a naval task force into the Caribbean to tackle drug trafficking in the region. The initiative has led to strikes on four alleged drug […]

As a researcher of police occupational culture, I was horrified, but not at all surprised by the recent Panorama program in which an undercover reporter exposed sexism, racism and general thuggishness among some Metropolitan Police […]

National security officials are “overwhelmingly overconfident,” which hinders their ability to accurately assess uncertainty, according to new research by a Dartmouth government professor. When they thought statements had a 90% chance of being true, the […]

As Moscow’s military offensive grinds on at Europe’s eastern edge, tensions are skyrocketing on the continent due to repeated, brazen violations of European airspace deliberately orchestrated by Russia. Europe has announced counter-measures, in the form […]

Bipartisan agreement is rare in these politically polarized days.This post was originally published on this site

For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost US$50 billion to African transport […]

The United States government recently announced a US$100,000 H-1B visa fee on new applications, which will affect highly educated workers from abroad who are seeking jobs in the U.S. This policy could have ripple effects […]

Archaeologists have excavated three c. 3,000–2,400-year-old ritual structures in Shandong Province, China, indicating that the origins of a shared Chinese cultural identity lie in ceremonial gatherings that sowed the seeds for the political unification of […]