For California, Yet Another Year of Decision
The Golden State's political crisis has reawakened its reformist instinct.
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SWIFT and American Espionage
Europe's newly empowered Parliament's first muscle flex involves privacy and tracking terrorist finances.
Found in Translation
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox may be a conservative, but certainly not one recognizable in El Norte.
The Right Face for a Whig
An American academic finds people can somewhat accurately predict your political affiliation by your looks alone.
Ballot Initiatives: Making The Grade?
Two organizations release state-by-state report cards in order to clarify what has become the Wild West of grassroots politics: citizen-led ballot initiatives.
Do Gerrymanders Come in Shades of Red and Blue?
Scholars assess whether the widely accepted notion that the current political polarization in the U.S. is due in part to 'safe' political districts is accurate.
Can California Redistricting Reform Change Congress?
An extraordinary, nonpartisan experiment in redistricting on the left coast.
How Negative Campaigning Can Fall Flat
Mudslinging may get results for campaigns, but new research suggests that these negatively tailored messages should not be delivered in person.
Get Politically Engaged, Get Happy?
Political activists — even the angry ones, but not the daring ones — are happier than the average person.
Where You Vote Affects How You Vote
New research suggests locating polling places in churches may affect how people vote on social-values issues.