A scholar of history of education and American politics explains what is behind his course on conspiracy theories and how students learn to debunk fake ideas.
Nikki Haley greets supporters at a campaign stop in Aiken, S.C., on Feb. 5, 2024.
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A presidential candidate’s ‘home state advantage’ should help them win a primary, which then bodes well for how they do in successive contests. But if they lose their home state, they’re in trouble.
President Joe Biden at Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina on Jan. 8, 2024.
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During a campaign speech in South Carolina, President Biden made it clear that he is not only running against Donald Trump but also against white supremacy.
Lawyers write too much. That’s why the Supreme Court and other U.S. courts impose word limits on them.
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Lawyers submitting briefs to the Supreme Court in the Trump Colorado ballot case must file a ‘certificate of word count.’ Why? As one judge put it, lawyers’ briefs are ‘too long, too long, too long.’
Former President Donald Trump speaks in Des Moines, Iowa, shortly after his victory in the Iowa Caucus on Jan. 15, 2024.
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From the ‘static’ polls to Trump’s ‘dissing’ of voters, two political scientists look at the Iowa caucus and see more than just the fact that Trump won it, resoundingly.
Polls showed Joe Biden, right, holding double-digit leads over Donald Trump, left, in the run-up to the 2020 election, but he won election by only 4.5 percentage points.
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The unusual candidacy of former President Donald Trump has made election polling especially appealing, more than a year from the election. But consumers beware: Those polls may be wrong.
The intersection of politics and social media is fertile ground for AI-powered disinformation.
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ChatGPT and its ilk give propagandists and intelligence agents a powerful new tool for interfering in politics. The clock is ticking on learning to spot this disinformation before the 2024 election.
Former President Donald Trump greets supporters following a 2020 campaign rally in Arizona.
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New findings by political scientists at Northwestern University and Harvard Kennedy School provide a clearer picture of which demographic groups support Trump.
Former President Donald Trump’s many missteps made him an easy target for amateur jokesters.
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