American democracy seems to be falling into an ever-greater crisis, with public approval of our political institutions ...

What does this say about the state of our political process? Does the United States need a third political party? Are the American people ready to introduce serious contenders to the nation's ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Surveys consistently show that millions of American voters feel they lack real choices ...

President Donald Trump is, in my view, such a narcissistic, self-serving con artist that he and his cadre of bootlickers are easy targets for Democrats to blame for much of what is wrong in the ...

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It's been nearly two weeks since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on a Utah college campus in broad daylight. Since then, Americans of every political stripe have pointed the finger ...

Two assassination attempts on President Trump. The assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the wounding of others. The shooting death of a top healthcare executive. The killing ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Thom Reilly, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) As dissatisfaction with the ...

As dissatisfaction with the two-party system grows in the United States, the idea of an alternative, however unlikely, gains traction. Elon Musk’s recent call for an America Party may be unserious, ...