Politics

• EPA criminal sanctions align with a county's wealth, not pollution, study finds
• Why laws named after tragedies win public support
• The algorithmic feed on X could be shifting political views toward conservatism
• Last nuclear weapons limits expired—pushing world toward new arms race
• Linguist explains how AI makes fake news more credible
• Social media advertising suppresses voting in targeted communities, research shows
• Justice after trauma? Race, red tape keep sexual assault victims from compensation
• Report: 94% of professional athletes support the right to engage in activism
• Trust in elections declines across party lines ahead of 2026 midterms, survey finds
• New research shows how to challenge the rising tide of global hate
• A few weeks of X's algorithm can make you more right-wing—and it doesn't wear off quickly
• Interplay of class and gender may influence social judgments differently between cultures
• Report: US history polarizes generations, but has potential to unite
• Atrocities take place in democratic nations as well as autocratic ones—our database has logged them all
• State censorship shapes how Chinese chatbots respond to sensitive political topics, study suggests