About the good or bad of democracy, Hamid is clear about his mixed, and constantly evolving feelings. The bet here is that in ...

A reversal on early voting. President Donald Trump and his team made a series of political calculations steeped in cynicism ...

The approach of the presidential election has people in both parties in doomscrolling mode. Some Republicans are creating elaborate conspiracy theories about voter fraud in swing states.Some ...

Election news can be both overwhelming and insufficient—a veritable deluge of reports and opinion pieces, too focused on the issues of the hour, obscuring our understanding of the larger picture and ...

The 2024 Presidential Election is upon us, and many teachers and parents are looking for educational, nonpartisan ways to discuss the process with kids. Literature to the rescue! We've rounded up ...

Every election season, American readers cling to buzzy political books. But how do publishers make plans despite an uncertain outcome, and how do their decisions influence the national conversation?

Book bans have increased by nearly 200% in American schools. Will Trump's reelection inspire a new round of right-wing attacks on books about race and gender? Some conservatives feel emboldened.

Now, if I had enough time to assign voters a full syllabus, Ben Jacobs’s new list of books to read before Election Day would be the perfect starting point. Literature on campaigns of the past ...

The idea that books shouldn’t come out during the fall of a presidential election is “somewhere between being an old wives’ tale and a canard,” said Karp, rattling off a number of major ...

As Project 2025 hits turmoil, the head of the influential, far-right Heritage Foundation is postponing the release of his potentially fiery new book until after the November presidential election.

The approach of the presidential election has people in both parties in doomscrolling mode. Some Republicans are creating elaborate conspiracy theories about voter fraud in swing states. Some ...