It’s not “the economy, stupid;” it’s the noncollege voter. This week, we look at how Trump has solidified the educational ...

The development of the COVID vaccine was a triumph of science, engineering, and a particularly American approach to problem ...

Medicare and Social Security represent successes in facing the realities of aging, but their imperfections also show how much ...

The 2024 election has come to a close and it is time to move on from the all-consuming obsession of politics and rediscover ...

Americans are increasingly voting along class lines, not racial ones. That could upend how we’ve thought about politics for ...

President-elect Donald Trump won across the map — improving on Republican margins nearly everywhere and delivering on his ...

New analysis from demographer Richard Alba indicates that 1 in 8 U.S. children are mixed-race.

Rubio, as the first Latino and Spanish-speaking secretary of state, is expected to devote considerable attention to what has ...

Having won a big victory, Donald Trump can claim a mandate. But recent history shows that voters punish politicians who ...

In the wake of the 2024 election, THR's arts and culture critic reflects on the minor key narratives and international offerings that illustrate how we got here — and where to go now.

Americans have been jaded about their leaders for decades.