Politics

Expert: Kevin McCarthy offers deal to end Republican deadlock over Speaker vote

Published: 6 January 2023

The contours of a deal that could make Republican leader Kevin McCarthy the House Speaker have begun to emerge after three grueling days and 11 failed votes in a political spectacle unseen in a...

Expert: Leftist former guerrilla and populist outsider head to runoff in Colombia presidential election

Published: 8 June 2022

Colombia’s election will go to a runoff between two opposing anti-establishment candidates on 19 June after voters on Sunday were unable to pick a president outright. Gustavo Petro, a leftist...

Environmental groups moving beyond conservation

Published: 28 May 2020

Although non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become powerful voices in world environmental politics, little is known of the global picture of this sector. A new study shows that...

COVID-19 pandemic uniting Canadians like no other event in decades

Published: 25 May 2020

A new study by researchers from McGill University and the University of Toronto finds a cross-partisan consensus on battling COVID-19 in Canada. Unlike in the U.S., this consensus is fostering...

Is it possible to reduce political polarization?

Published: 5 February 2020

In the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, an unusual experiment suggested that it might be possible to influence American voters to adopt less polarized positions....

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