Political Science

Lee Perlman, PhD '89, and MIT's Educational JusticeInstitute go behind bars to change the course of lives—and broaden the worldviews of MIT students.

The Vatican will never be the same.

An interview with Francis Fukuyama.

Colorado HB 25-1312 threatens parental rights and targets Christian beliefs under new transgender protections.

Carley Stephens has several ways to describe her political scorn for Gov. Gavin Newsom.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Several thousand students, staff and faculty packed a plaza at Florida State University for a vigil Friday evening, bowing their heads in a moment of silence honoring the two people who were killed and six others who were wounded in a shooting rampage the previous day. The

Trump strips Harvard funding over antisemitism and refusal to end DEI programs, sparking national controversy.

A 10-year-old in California, is a month away from graduating with two associate degrees and if successful will be the youngest to ever graduate from from Crafton Hills College.

The legal battle over Susman Godfrey is part of an intensifying effort by Trump to target his critics and other perceived enemies.

Some of the Democratic Party's core political groups are preparing for the possibility that President Donald Trump's allies may soon launch criminal investigations that could handicap Democratic infrastructure

Batangas City elected a Dimacuha for mayor in 1988. Since then, control of city hall has stayed within the family.

David Sacks, the newly appointed "crypto czar" in President Donald Trump's administration, engaged in a heated confrontation with Summers.

A Columbia protest leader was taken into custody at a citizenship interview, his lawyers say, as the Trump administration pushes to deport fellow Columbia activist Mahoud Khalil.

President Donald Trump's trade war and the significant cuts in scientific research at U.S. agencies are moving "America down the value chain," political analyst Jonathan Chait wrote for "The Atlantic" on Monday.Trump inherited a "healthy economy," only to "burn [it] down," Chait wrote. He questioned...

Former NAACP director Cornell William Brooks laid into President Donald Trump's move to freeze billions in federal funding from Harvard University, after the prestigious institution rejected his demands to crack down on the political ideology of its faculty and student body — a similar ultimatum Tru...

Democrats are quick to say that President Donald Trump's tariffs are horrible, awful, terrible. But Democrats are also stressing that they are not inherently anti-tariff.

The Supreme Court can and should step in. Meanwhile, Congress is working to do so.

Experts say tariffs will affect everyday purchases, but as negotiations continue, exact price increases remain unclear.

Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.