Many Americans imagine evangelicals as a monolithic group that supports conservative policies and always talks about their faith. Three experts found in a study that the picture is far more complex.
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A lot of the pressure that leads college students to keep their views to themselves comes from other students, not faculty, new research shows.
In a survey, Trump supporters showed the lowest faith in the Supreme Court, the federal government, the media and other pillars of society.
This is Boris Johnson’s first major cabinet reshuffle since the Conservatives’ general election victory.
At least six states have permitted the study of the Bible in classrooms, which could reignite a 19th-century debate that split US Protestants into liberal and conservative camps.
Reforms are set to continue in the same direction as before.
After his landslide victory, Boris Johnson declared his ambition to make his country ‘the cleanest, greenest on Earth’. Here’s what he needs to do to prove it.
At times is feels as though the prime minister wants the top job for the sake of having it. But now he’s got a long term in office to map out.
Despite the headlines, the biggest concerns of students on college campuses are not politics, discrimination or free expression.
Recruiting 20,000 new police officers may sound like a massive boost, but the reality is that the Conservative’s proposal will simply replace the 20,600 police officers who have already been cut.
The next two years look dangerous for the economy. You wouldn’t know it from UK party manifestos.
Long term climate targets are meaningless without concrete action. Here’s what the plans of the UK’s two biggest parties mean for the planet.
Before we declare the end of austerity, it is important to explore what exactly austerity was – and remind ourselves of the terrible toll it has had on many people’s lives.
Conversation academic experts get behind the soundbites and campaign claims.
As the election campaign hots up we explore how the parties are exploiting videos on their social media accounts.
“We now have a leave alliance”.
In Labour target constituencies in the North of England, the moratorium applies. But sites in safe Conservative areas in the South East will remain open for business.
How members of America’s two parties view the country – and its place in the world – might explain this phenomenon.
Women are swinging elections in the US and Australia in ways analysts have struggled to predict. Two recent studies can help explain.
Protestant fundamentalism was officially born in the United States in 1919, fueling a culture war that continues today.
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