As a researcher focused on the values and rhetoric of American presidents, I study how presidents and their administrations communicate to the public about foreign policy. My primary aim is to ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

He died — decades after the 15th Amendment guaranteed Black people’s right to vote, and decades before the Voting Rights Act ...

The Trump administration is moving closer to a direct confrontation with Venezuela, raising the possibility of what the president once vowed to avoid: another US-backed regime change. Washington has ...

American history has changed dramatically in a relatively short period of time. Since the nation’s founding, major political decisions, technological breakthroughs, economic crises, and cultural ...

Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a claim or finding on the basis of objective, empirical evidence. They are not cynics; they just ask themselves and ...