A new UT/Texas Politics Project poll finds James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa narrowly leading Ken Paxton and Greg Abbott, with all results within the margin of error.

White House says drone strikes on Russian data centers have “silenced the voices of millions of concerned American patriots named Dmitri.”

JD Vance is wrong to defend the former president. His resignation was the best thing for America and the presidency.

Learn how to register to vote in Texas with easy-to-follow steps. Get all the details you need to ensure you're ready for the next election.

Fraternities can provide belonging and community. They also keep producing a culture that endangers women.

Learn how to update your voter registration in Texas. Find out how to change your address, name, or other personal information.

The famous thinker’s new memoir reveals a fateful political and intellectual blind spot.

Debates force candidates to defend their records live, and that's precisely why this year's incumbents seem to be avoiding them entirely.

The Marist Institute for Public Opinion (MIPO) is a survey research center. MIPO is home to the Marist Poll and conducts polls on politics, the economy, sports, technology and more at the local, state...

In this episode of This is Democracy, Zachary and I sat down with our old friend John Sipher, who spent 28 years in the.

Episode guest: Jeremi Suri

By Zachary Suri

Canada showed up for America on its worst day and twenty-five years later, we're the ones testing the friendship.

United States empire and the structure of feeling.

By Jeremi Suri

Readiness is falling in Europe, the Pacific, and cyberspace because of choices being made in the Middle East.

Trump tried bombs, then sanctions, then more sanctions, and Iran's regime is still standing.

The trade war with Canada isn't a win, it's a gift to China.

Why some of the most important political reporting happens in rooms almost nobody bothers to sit in.

From the Wisconsin governor's race to the fight over Graham's old Senate seat, this summer's primaries suggest voters are choosing candidates over party labels.

The surprise victory of pragmatic politics in a divided state.

Two senators for 32 million Texans, six for 2.3 million people in the Dakotas and Wyoming; is that still democracy?

Visiting the monument reflects and performs our aspirational, imperfect history as a democracy. It makes us better.

Though imperfect, Teddy Roosevelt can teach us how a political posture of service can offer a path to restoring trust, hope, and commitment to democracy.

Yesterday, Zachary published another sharp analysis in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, this time on Milwaukee County's "housing first" program and the federal funding cuts that could end it.

Powerful countries often lose wars. The U.S. is losing in Iran and it should get out, rather than dig a deeper, costlier hole. Here’s how and why.

What kind of words should we expect from presidents?

Here is an excerpt from part 2 of Zachary’s analysis of how excessive pension obligations changed the politics of Wisconsin, including the rise of Republican Scott Walker.

Today, Zachary published part 1 of a 2-part analysis of how excessive pension obligations for city employees forced cuts to public services in Milwaukee and changed the politics of Wisconsin, includin...

By Jeremi Suri

This is a special episode of History As It Happens. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is dead. His office says Graham died from "a brief and sudden illness" on Saturday night in Washington. He was...

A holiday weekend of travel shows a generous, welcoming country, proof that America's dysfunction comes from its leaders, not its people.

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John Quincy Adams warned in 1821 that a nation pursuing domination abroad would lose its democratic character at home, and Americans should read that warning carefully this July 4th.

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