News & Politics

The elections analyst Dave Wasserman assesses Black support for Donald Trump and explains a state-level primary that’s a national bellwether.

A new history asks what can be gained from trying to understand the personalities of Hitler and his followers.

Volodymyr Zelensky’s Western allies have worried that the surprise, cross-border attack will provoke Vladimir Putin to escalate.

Nate Cohn, the New York Times’ chief political analyst, breaks down Kamala Harris’s performance in the battleground states and how we should think about polling error.

Since COVID, many professors have become more flexible about due dates. But some teachers believe that the way to address student anxiety is more deadlines, not fewer.

New technologies are raising suspicions about students’ work, but the controversy—like so many others swirling around American classrooms—misses the point of what we want our kids to learn.

The contest for an obscure political office partly responsible for administering elections has become the race behind the race, with stakes that could determine the Presidency.

Claims and counterclaims of “election interference” are ubiquitous these days. What does the term actually mean?

When U.S. Marines killed twenty-four people in an Iraqi town, they also recorded the aftermath of their actions. For years, the military tried to keep these photos from the public.

At their Convention in Chicago last week, the Democrats looked like a party that is unusually united in its goals.

As Kennedy’s 2024 election campaign collapses, he has embraced a new role as the former President’s latest ally.

The observance of defeat, especially in an election, is often all that keeps a state from tipping into violence.