Government

While the words "equality" and "equity" sound alike, the meanings are quite different. Here's what they stand for and why it matters.

ByDave Roos

The Comstock Act, pulled out of Victorian-era mothballs, is suddenly in the public spotlight, and has become the newest weapon in the fight against legal abortion in the U.S.

ByJesslyn Shields

Human skulls, a Napoleonic-era saber, decades-old prosthetic legs and a telescope from Victorian England — they all live on the shelves of the 220-year-old Bureau of Found Objects in Paris, France.

ByKate Morgan

The speaker of the House occupies a central role in our government, but what exactly does the job entail?

ByRachel Paine Caufield

Every few years, a group of White House historians and scholars rank America's presidents in order. The "winner" of the worst president ever category has been pretty consistent.

ByKate Morgan

With abortion rights under attack today, we take a look back at the days when safe abortions were nearly nonexistent and at the collective of women who stepped in to provide them.

ByKate Morgan

The midterm election is just days away. If you haven't already voted, you need to head to the polls prepared so you know your vote will be counted on Election Day.

ByKaren Figueroa-Clewett

That's about one House member for every 761,169 people, which is far less representative than when the nation was founded. How can that be changed?

BySteven L. Taylor

After only 44 days in office, Liz Truss has resigned as British prime minister. What does this mean for the future of the U.K. and who will take her place?

ByGarret Martin

There's a dream job for everyone, and sometimes that's almost everybody else's nightmare job. Meet the four women who will run the "penguin post office" in Antarctica.

ByJesslyn Shields

The FBI's seizure of top secret files from Donald Trump's Florida home shined a spotlight on the declassification system. How does the process work and who decides when something is no longer top secret?

ByPatrick J. Kiger

Affirmative action, LGBTQ rights and election laws are all on the Supreme Court's new docket. And how SCOTUS rules stands to change many Americans' lives. Here's what to expect for the 2022-2023 session.

ByMorgan Marietta

American TV viewers are bombarded with political ads during the ever-longer campaign season. But do these ads really make a difference to voting habits?

ByDave Roos

Kansas, Missouri and Florida are among several states that have passed laws that voter registration groups say put volunteers at risk and make registering to vote more difficult.

ByCarrie Levine

Chosen by the Conservative Party, Liz Truss succeeds Boris Johnson to become the U.K's prime minister, the 15th to serve under Queen Elizabeth.

ByNicholas Allen

在美国,总统竞选的酒吧deliberately set low – only age and citizenship rules are written into the Constitution. Still, are there any laws that would bar a felon from running for the highest office in the land?

ByDave Roos

Is it millions of marchers with clever signs and slogans, or does effective protest take more than just raised voices and collective outrage?

ByYves Jeffcoat

There are three levels of security classification for U.S. documents related to national security. What are they and who decides how they're protected against unauthorized disclosure?

ByJeffrey Fields

The FBI searched Mar-a-Lago for missing White House documents on behalf of the National Archives. How did they even know what to look for?

ByShannon Bow O'Brien

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could give state legislators almost complete control over federal elections, which some experts fear could establish one-party rule and endanger democracy.

ByPatrick J. Kiger

When the Articles of Confederation failed, the Constitutional Convention of 1787 became a contest between large states and small states for equal representation.

ByJesslyn Shields

The battle over abortion in the United States rages on. Will abortion rights decisions be moved to the states if the leaked Alito opinion is adopted by the Supreme Court?

ByMorgan Marietta

Is the U.S. a democracy or a republic? Or both? And what's the difference, anyway?

ByDave Roos

Research shows that generations of refugees, whether displaced because of war, climate or famine, may no longer want to return to the place that was once home, even after it is safe to do so.

BySandra Joireman

This group of men has enormous wealth, and they make up Putin's inner circle. Do they also have any chance of toppling Putin's regime, as well?

ByStanislav Markus