As algorithms become more widespread within government institutions, there are two basic challenges. One is to design better ...
The world's top court is poised to tell governments what their legal obligations are to tackle global warming, and possibly outline consequences for polluters that cause climate harm to vulnerable ...
Are Joe Biden and Donald Trump really the two best candidates for America's most demanding and important job? Of course not. Among other concerns, both men are well past their prime. So why, then, are ...
When my father was born, he was not an Ameri­can citizen. He was a Native American, the descendant of a people who had lived on this land for thousands of years. But until June 2, 1924, when the ...
Political alienation is a profound sense of estrangement or disconnection from the political system and its processes. It manifests in various ways, including apathy, distrust, and a feeling of ...
WASHINGTON — A few days ago, The Times launched a series of stories about the immigrant experience in America. At a time when 1 in 6 adults in the U.S. are immigrants and when immigration is one of ...
We are weeks away from the U.S. presidential election—and every other lawn in my Berkeley neighborhood has been taken over by political yard signs for school board positions, our hotly contested ...
In the United States and Western Europe, many people support large scale, systemic change. Across four countries surveyed in November and December of last year, around four-in-ten or more in every ...