The Culture Cycle shows how people can make, unmake, and remake culture with a shared blueprint and use key social and ...

The U.S. political system is often described as polarizing and difficult to follow. While Americans dominate the conversation ...

During my years as a Ph.D. student, I found myself for the first time in a familiar routine. For four years, my life settled into a predictable rhythm—weekly meetings with my supervisor, seminars to ...

The poll results identify five distinct types of independents, with big implications for American politics. As party loyalty fades and the definition of that elusive swing voter shifts, elections are ...

After nearly five decades, Dan Balz is retiring from The Washington Post, where he covered 12 elections and eight presidencies as a political correspondent. On Washington Week With The Atlantic, ...

If White House officials want to debate whether political violence mostly comes from the left or the right, they might not ...

For the first time in history, an American sits on the Throne of St. Peter. Pope Leo XIV – born in Dolton, Illinois, and formed at Villanova University – now leads the global Church. At the same ...

Data show that political violence in America is rising, becoming more partisan, and more focused on elected officials. Behind ...