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What's a true threat and what's political hyperbole? A scholar of constitutional and criminal law looks at the charges against James Comey for an Instagram post that said, '86 47.'

Guns are what make violent partners so dangerous. And in the US, Black women get less protection from laws meant to keep firearms out of abusers' hands.

The constitutional prohibition of 'cruel and unusual punishment' has shaped legal discourse around failed executions, but courts have not stopped states from attempting to execute the same man again.

Authoritarian governments, including the Trump administration, are reorienting AI safety provisions away from protecting the public toward coercing support for the regime.

Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class communities argues.

White Americans who watch Fox News are more likely to agree that shadowy political elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace native-born white Americans.

A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight - and gave Washington a chance to turn the tide.

Public awareness campaigns around the World Cup and other sporting events are well intentioned - but not backed by research.

Researchers learned from dozens of interviews that the usual ways of resolving complex cases, escalating issues and holding the authorities accountable no longer work.

From who gets to vote to how people travel and where taxpayer dollars are funneled, politicians and urban planners wield maps to control public imagination.