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Trump stormed to victory in New Hampshire’s Republican primary – but his biggest challenge will be winning over independent voters.
Iowa and New Hampshire have long cemented their status as the first-in-the-nation deciders in presidential nominating contests. This outsized influence has increasingly come under scrutiny.
South of Cape Cod, fiddler crabs and marsh grass have long had a mutually beneficial relationship. It’s a different story in the North, where the harms can ricochet through ecosystems.
Some of the biggest changes to child labor laws are in Iowa and Arkansas.
The regionalism that fuels the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is also found in U.S. attitudes about energy production, a new study shows. That could have repercussions for the renewable energy transition.
The Democratic nomination is still very much up for grabs, with Bernie Sanders having a narrow win in New Hampshire.
In 2016, drug misuse was cited as the top concern among New Hampshire voters. What remedies are the Democratic primary contenders putting forward to combat the opioid crisis?
Seven candidates met on the debate stage in New Hampshire on Feb. 7. We asked three scholars to pick out some of the night’s biggest moments.
Americans didn’t always have primaries and caucuses to choose presidential candidates. The system was meant to be more democratic, but it places too much attention on largely white, small states.
The gap between rich and poor is at record levels in the U.S., yet it varies widely among the states. A political scientist explains why.
Hospitals are now required to post their prices online. This approach is unlikely to change US health care – but better price transparency tools could actually reduce costs.
Most people know that the First Amendment protects free speech. But two upcoming Supreme Court cases reveal how it also gives people in the US the right not to speak.
A climate scientist explains how New Hampshire managed to overcome the political divide to make real progress on climate change.
With Iowa out of the way, the first true primary ballot is finally here.
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