The recent departure of Democratic lawmakers from Texas, a strategic move to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state’s congressional districts, highlights the enduring practice ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Halfway between the 2020 and 2030 census is not the normal time to be talking about ...

This essay appears in our current print issue under the headline “What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Political Violence.” Subscribe to get a copy. Georges Sorel, writing in 1908, gave a very ...

Dr. Pape is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago who has studied political violence for 30 years. Since the beginning of President Trump’s second term in January, acts of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is in a new era of political violence — one that feels starker than any since the fraught days of 1968, ...

Charlie Kirk’s assassination fits into American history. How does it fit into our politics? Credit...Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Supported by By Jia Lynn Yang Jia Lynn Yang, a former national editor, ...

This article was originally published by The Conversation. After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist ...

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A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. For the second day in a row, President Donald Trump has felt the need to assure ...

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