A political economist, Prof Pat Utomi, says Nigeria’s political class has fallen short of citizens’ expectations, leaving the nation distant from the aspirations once held by its young people. Utomi ...

Bangladesh will hold a parliamentary election on February 12, authorities said, in what would be the country’s first national vote since last year’s student-led uprising that removed former Prime ...

Political thrillers have been a staple of popular culture since the 1960s, when the Cold War threw conspiracy theory-loving writers into overdrive, and television and film are no exception. This year, ...

Two of the nation’s top state leaders who have had close brushes with political violence in 2025 hosted a panel on Dec. 9 where they called on Americans to stop hating their political enemies before ...

Good morning, science fans! Patrick here to launch another week of our science news blog coverage. Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted with spectacular, giant lava fountains over the weekend and consumed ...

A lawyer by trade, state Rep. Matt Pierce, D-Bloomington, questioned the author of Indiana's redistricting bill on Dec. 2 as though he was cross-examining a witness. And Rep. Ben Smaltz, R-Auburn, ...

A conversation with a chatbot can shift people's political views—but the most persuasive models also spread the most misinformation. In 2024, a Democratic congressional candidate in Pennsylvania, ...

Efforts to "decouple" U.S. supply chains from China are only taking hold in industries where American firms can shift production to allied or politically aligned countries, according to new research ...

So: what were the best works of science fiction published this year? I will start with two new books that aren’t actually new, but have only just been published in English. First up is Ice by Jacek ...

The victory of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral election—a self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” winning in the home of Wall Street, the ...

Once one of the most influential political groups in the South, the New Georgia Project is shutting down this week, marking a stunning fall for an organization that pushed to advance Democratic causes ...

Educators are embarking on new territory. The role of the federal government has shifted, raising new considerations for teachers and school and district leaders. Federal education funding has changed ...