Politics

The aftermath of Texas’s catastrophic deep freeze last week — which likely caused dozens of deaths, cost the state billions of dollars,…
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Jan. 6 was a day like no other in U.S. history. And naturally, the gut reaction to such an emotionally charged and traumatic event is to…
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Photo illustration by Michelle Budge When Amy Chua applied to teach law, she was rejected by 40 schools. And yet today Chua is not only a…
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To statistically test leader effects, Profs. Christopher Berry and Anthony Fowler have devised an innovative method—one that can be…
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Ian Haney López A bill in the New Hampshire House has prompted heated debate over how systemic racism is discussed in the state's…
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A panel of Vanderbilt Department of Political Science faculty explored the factors that led to the Jan. 6 riot in a virtual event,…
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The long struggle to unlearn ableism may have an unexpected side benefit. It could help us make today’s politics and public discourse a…
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The lead up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election showed the potential for workplace disagreements over politics. The topic of the…
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A snow-covered Downtown Dallas seen from S Houston St on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Texas politicians and political groups sparred over power…
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President Joe Biden issued a lengthy statement Sunday on the third anniversary of the Parkland shooting. The comments were one of several…
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