Politics

• By stoking the Greenland debate, the United States may actually be harming itself
• Political writing retains an important and complex role in the UK's national conversation, new book shows
• Deep sea mining is the next geopolitical frontline—and the Pacific is in the crosshairs
• Forget the big picture: The case for voting on just one issue
• New model maps social polarization as overlapping group opinions, not fixed sides
• One cure for sour feelings about politics: Getting people to love their hometowns
• Living together with differences: Mathematical model shows how to reduce social friction without forcing consensus
• Nationwide racial bias shapes media reporting on gun violence, study suggests
• Iran: How the Islamic Republic uses internet shutdowns as a tool of repression
• Opinion: China's new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country's declining fertility rate
• Lack of coordination is leaving modern slavery victims and survivors vulnerable, say experts
• Earth keeps getting hotter, and Americans' partisan divide over science grows sharper
• Young environmental activists' identities are multidimensional and partly contradictory, study finds
• Young people risk drifting into serious online offenses through a slippery slope of high-risk digital behavior
• Can a hashtag help prevent atrocities? Study shows social media can be a powerful tool