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Hope for Imminent Russia-Ukraine Peace Is Out of Touch With Reality, Expert Says
The president of the European Commission praised the talks as cooperative, saying that the parties had made “real and concrete progress.” Do you see signs of real progress on a deal?
The president of the European Commission praised the talks as cooperative, saying that the parties had made “real and concrete progress.” Do you see signs of real progress on a deal?
🌈 Metapolitical Digital Wars on Gender, Race, and Queer Life
Metapolitics is key to understanding how today’s far right seeks to transform society.
Metapolitics is key to understanding how today’s far right seeks to transform society.
The Lasting Harm of the Politics of Disconnection
The United States is home to more than 340 million people, each with an emotional design that is fully unique and infinitely complex, to dizzying effect.
The United States is home to more than 340 million people, each with an emotional design that is fully unique and infinitely complex, to dizzying effect.
🦋 Reimagining Democratic Theory
This new phase in Jean-Paul Gagnon's 🦋 Science of Democracy series is a bold and imaginative contribution to contemporary democratic theory.
This new phase in Jean-Paul Gagnon’s 🦋 Science of Democracy series is a bold and imaginative contribution to contemporary democratic theory.
☢️ the Many Moving Pieces of Nuclear Order
The fear of nuclear catastrophe has never fully disappeared — but it has recently come roaring back.
The fear of nuclear catastrophe has never fully disappeared — but it has recently come roaring back.
🌈 Online Toxicity and Political Equality
This complexity matters for understanding whether digital spaces threaten or enhance political equality.
This complexity matters for understanding whether digital spaces threaten or enhance political equality.
Ranked Choice Voting Outperforms the Winner-Take-All System Used to Elect Nearly Every Us Politician
In this system, voters select one candidate, and the candidate who receives the highest number of votes wins.
In this system, voters select one candidate, and the candidate who receives the highest number of votes wins.
Federal Benefit Cuts Push Oklahoma Families Into Eviction Crisis
Mitchell had to take time off to care for her two children while she scrambled to make other arrangements.
Mitchell had to take time off to care for her two children while she scrambled to make other arrangements.
🎈 Youth and the New Gender Divide
Across Europe, the political values of young people are diverging along gender lines.
Across Europe, the political values of young people are diverging along gender lines.
Greed Is Why Trump Seems Unstoppable
President Trump has used the power of the federal government to threaten the bottom line of numerous entities across our society.
President Trump has used the power of the federal government to threaten the bottom line of numerous entities across our society.
You’re a Mean One, Mr. Tr*mp
Holiday parables reflect our current state of affairs
Holiday parables reflect our current state of affairs
The Algorithmic Ballot: How Digital Platforms Shaped Romania’s Vote
Romania's recent elections remain at the centre of larger debates about electoral integrity across Europe.
Romania’s recent elections remain at the centre of larger debates about electoral integrity across Europe.
How You View Uncertainty May Shape How You Vote
A new study shows that if people see uncertainty as an opportunity, their willingness to vote for right-wing populist parties decreases.
A new study shows that if people see uncertainty as an opportunity, their willingness to vote for right-wing populist parties decreases.
The New Middle East: Geoeconomics Driving Power and Partnerships
Perhaps the most important feature of current changes in the Middle East is the growing significance of geoeconomics.
Perhaps the most important feature of current changes in the Middle East is the growing significance of geoeconomics.
🌈 Why Gendering Democracy Matters Now, More Than Ever
Back in 2023, Andrea Krizsán and Conny Roggeband launched this 🌈 series to foster a conversation about how it is essential to view democracy through a gendered lens to understand contemporary processes of democratic erosion.
Back in 2023, Andrea Krizsán and Conny Roggeband launched this 🌈 series to foster a conversation about how it is essential to view democracy through a gendered lens to understand contemporary processes of democratic erosion.