Nearly 6 in 10 voters say the economic and political systems are stacked against people like them, tying a record high over roughly 40 years of national NBC News polling. According to the latest NBC ...

Our political system is unable to build a bipartisan consensus to address the major issues of our times. Hyper-partisanship is rampant. As a result, faith in our government and our institutions is at ...

A global study of 186 traditional societies found evidence supporting the theory that low-alcohol fermented beverages played a role in the evolution of political complexity, contributing to the ...

America’s political divide is crushing faith among its citizens that the country can overcome its issues and whether elected leaders are able to see past partisanship to find solutions to pressing ...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2025/03/08: A protestor outside a Tesla showroom in Manhattan holds a sign that reads "Block fascism now". Protests outside Tesla businesses across the country ...

Why do so many politicians struggle to tell the truth or be transparent? The uncomfortable answer: The political system rewards survival, not honesty. Telling the truth often means admitting ...

We are weeks away from the U.S. presidential election—and every other lawn in my Berkeley neighborhood has been taken over by political yard signs for school board positions, our hotly contested ...

University of Southampton provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Billionaires played an unprecedented role in the 2024 US elections, with 150 of the world’s wealthiest families ...

The last five years of Kamala Harris’ career demonstrate how choatic and disruptive the current political enviorment has become. “Recently I made the decision that I just – for now – I don’t want to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Voters walk into a polling station in Cary, N.C., during the primary election on March 3. (Jonathan Drake / Reuters) (Jonathan ...