About one in seven Americans report going hungry at some point during the year, a fact apparently far from the minds of the presidential candidates.
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An expert in American political rhetoric explains why Trump’s controversial retweets are actually an extremely effective rhetorical device.
A lead poisoning crisis caused by corroded pipes has made Flint, Michigan a symbol of American inequality.
Democratic candidates support access to contraception, while candidates from the Republican Party favor policies that could severely restrict access to contraception.
About 49 million young people are eligible to vote, representing a major potential political force. So, what can universities do to increase their turnout?
Who would you rather have as president: Frank Underwood or Donald Trump?
Using a new model that considers state-by-state polling, statisticians from Oklahoma State look at who would win the presidential election if it were held today.
The next president will have little power to slow the growth of renewable energy, sliding oil prices or coal’s decline.
The U.S. energy system is gradually transitioning away from fossil fuels and toward renewables. Will the next president speed up America’s shift to renewable energy or step on the brakes?
The Democrats’ policy platforms address the fundamental issue of Internet haves and have-nots in the U.S. But research suggests just hooking people up to broadband won’t solve the problem.
The candidates differ on Middle East policy sometimes a lot; other times not so much. But whoever becomes president, there is no way that America will stop obsessing about the region.
There’s nothing as certain as death, taxes and a Republican with a plan to cut them. But how do the candidates’ proposals stack up?
The impact of a Trump presidency is basically unknown. No serious candidate in the post-second world war period has been so unclear in their attitude to foreign policy.
Is it time to think the unthinkable? Could Donald Trump actually become the next president of the United States? He already looks a certainty to become the Republican nominee – something not many pundits…
Hillary Clinton epitomises women’s shifting place in the American polity – and her struggles to win over younger women reflect that.
Our global newsroom responds to the Super Tuesday primary results in the race for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees.
We are moving toward a general election that could be even more divisive than the primaries.
One outsider movement candidate ran riot, while another seemingly crumpled.
Political science has held that being moderate gets a candidate votes in the presidential election. So how then do Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump fit in?
The H-1B visa, created in 1990 to bring in specialized foreign workers, is in desperate need of reform. Where do the candidates stand?
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