KSA meeting focuses on digital globalization, emerging technologies
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman delivers keynote on how rising trends impact society.
Mens et Manus America initiative launches with documentary event
Over 200 students and faculty attend kickoff as SHASS and Sloan begin an exploration of current U.S. social, political, economic challenges.
Evaluating voter experience
Wait times at polls in 2016 election improved in several key states, new survey results show.
How healthy is the U.S. voting system?
Professor Charles Stewart III explains why the U.S. electoral system is strong and how MIT research is making the voting process even more seamless.
Electing to vote — or not
Assistant Professor Ariel White is looking to understanding how government, policies, and people affect voting behavior.
Changing the face of conservatism in the U.S.
New book by professor Heather Hendershot explores impact of William F. Buckley’s “Firing Line.”
Q&A: How Twitter explains the 2016 election
“Electome” project charts the national conversation in unique detail.
Students' web app seeks to simplify, modernize voter registration
A solution for millennials by millennials, votemate takes the frustration out of registering to vote.
3Q: Kerry Emanuel on a “Parexit” and the serious risks of climate change
In open letter, 375 National Academy of Sciences members warn against opting out of Paris Agreement.
From Babylon to Baudelaire and back
In exploring the role of clerics in the Shi’a world, political science PhD student Marsin Alshamary heeds the call of family history.
Primary factors
Political scientists Charles Stewart III and Devin Caughey weigh in on the 2016 U.S. presidential primaries.
3 Questions: David Autor on global trade and political polarization
Study finds relationship between U.S. job losses due to trade, and political polarization in Congress.
Examining accountability through the lens of local politics
PhD student Justin de Benedictis-Kessner helps explain political behavior at the federal level.