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by Rachel Locke, University of San Diego
Threats and harassment are pushing some politicians out of...
President Ronald Reagan smiles and waves shortly before he is shot outside the Washington Hilton hotel in March 1981. Corbis via Getty Images
by Shannon...
The attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Saturday brought anxiety about our civic and political polarization...
Bill Antesberger, of Forward, waves flags to Route 51 traffic alongside the MAGA Warriors, a group of supporters of former president Donald Trump, Sunday,...
U.S. Secret Service agents help former President Donald Trump offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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by Thomas F. Schaller, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Rural White voters have long enjoyed outsize power in American politics. They have inflated voting power...
Social media and cellphones connected President Trump to the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
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by Joan Donovan, Boston University
The shocking events of Jan....