With a few notable exceptions, historians have found little evidence that vice-presidential picks actually help their presidential tickets.
Articles on Essential Reads
Displaying 21 - 40 of 264 articles
The dissenting judges argued that the Supreme Court’s decision will dramatically expand the president’s powers while in office.
Electoral violence has marred the run-up to the June 2 vote. But despite fears over personal safety, support for democracy endures.
Pope Francis and other Catholic leaders committed to raising awareness of environmental issues draw on centuries of tradition.
What Trump knew about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election remains an open question despite the nearly two-year investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Using disinformation to sway elections is nothing new. Powerful new AI tools, however, threaten to give the deceptions unprecedented reach.
Before you tune into Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, check out our coverage of the stars of this year’s show.
Experts explain the context behind the Supreme Court’s ruling on Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on presidential ballots.
Congress is again on the brink of a government shutdown less than four months after the last close call.
Both men have faced criticism about what can appear to be obvious signs of aging, including questions about their memory and cognitive abilities.
Scholars discuss aspects of protecting election integrity in the face of efforts to cast aspersions on voting results.
Oh, yeah, and there’s a game, too.
Israel’s highest court has struck down the government’s law limiting its power. Three scholars look at why the law was proposed, what it aimed to do and who supported – and opposed – it.
Common misperceptions about AI chatbots are that they know something about the world, can make decisions, are a replacement for search engines and operate independent of humans.
Chandrayaan-3’s successful landing on the Moon made 2023 a big year for lunar exploration, and future years will come with even more discoveries.
Claims about the discovery of a coveted room-temperature superconductor peppered the news in 2023. We pulled three stories from our archives on what superconductivity is and why scientists study it.
Scholars writing for The Conversation take a deeper look at some of the issues expected to be on the agenda when the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies meet.
The threat to shut down the federal government to attain political goals appears to be an important factor in the budget negotiations.
From math to evolutionary game theory, looking at cancer through different lenses can offer further insights on how to approach treatment resistance, metastasis and health disparities.
Beloved in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter became the 39th US president and used his office to make human rights a priority throughout the world.
Top contributors
-
University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
-
Professor of Public Policy (retired), University of Virginia
-
Associate Professor of Political Science, Westminster College
-
Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
-
Postdoctoral Fellow in Virology and Immunology, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
-
Professor and Co-Director of the Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy, Arizona State University
-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, Macalester College
-
Associate Professor of Global and International Studies, University of California, Irvine
-
Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
-
Postdoctoral Fellow in Virology, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Professor of American Civics, University of Tennessee
-
Professor of Old English and Old Norse, University College Cork
-
Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Associate Professor of Graphic Design, Iowa State University