It will probably come as little surprise that recent surveys have found the majority of adults in Europe think that international terrorism is the most pressing threat to the continent.
Political polarization is largest for demographic groups in which individuals are least likely to use the internet and social media, new research shows.
- By Robert Reich
I spent much of this past week in Washington – talking with friends still in government, former colleagues, high-ranking Democrats
- By Robert Reich
The theme that unites all of Trump’s initiatives so far is their unnecessary cruelty.
Fake news is not news – that is, it is not in fact news, and the matter of fake news is not a recent revelation.
A colleague recently asked me how I would define “Trumpism”. Where do you start? Is it a new political ideology, or a revival of dangerous old populisms?
Rural people and issues generally receive little attention from the urban-centric media and policy elites.
President Donald Trump has shown a unique ability to use Twitter as a way to connect directly with his followers.
- By Robert Reich
With congressional Republicans in the majority in Congress and unwilling to cross Donald Trump, the job of containing Trump’s incipient tyranny falls to three centers of independent power
Recent reports indicate that Trump administration officials have circulated plans to defund the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA), putting this agency on the chopping block – again.
Life goes on for the parents who drop off their children at homework club, or those rushing in late for embroidery class.
If music historians, not critics, chose which acts to induct into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the selections would likely differ, says Richard Aquila. They might even include Pat Boone.
The papers and social media are today full of claims of fake news; back and forth the accusations fly that one side of the political divide in the US has been filling the world with lies in order to discredit the other.
As the Senate hearings for Jeff Sessions’ nomination as attorney general ran into their second day, I kept thinking about the movie Hidden Figures, which my wife Judith and I saw three days earlier.
For generations, many have worked towards the quintessential American Dream, in both the idealistic and materialistic senses.
The nonpartisan model of journalism is built around the norm of covering politics as though both parties are equally guilty of all offenses.
Experiencing record high or low temperatures affects people’s stated belief in climate change, new research finds.
On December 31 1937, Cambridge classicist and man of letters F L Lucas embarked on an experiment. He would keep a diary for exactly one calendar year.
Historian Eric Hobsbawm famously called the 20th century an “age of extremes”, one characterised by polarising ideological battles fought in the name of nationalism.
It’s the story of a society in which democracy descends into tribalism and tyranny. One of a civilisation built by those committed to the rule of law who turn on each other, scapegoating the marginalised and powerless.
- By Robert Reich
Last Thursday President-elect Donald Trump triumphantly celebrated Carrier’s decision to reverse its plan to close a furnace plant and move jobs to Mexico. Some 800 jobs will remain in Indianapolis.
Tohono O’odham traditional lands extend deep into Mexico, and any border wall will face legal and physical opposition.
In recent months, far-right activists – which some have labeled the “alt-right” – have gone from being an obscure, largely online subculture to a player at the very center of American politics.