Decades of psychological research suggest that authoritarian leaders and their admirers consistently share one thing in common: they twist the truth. To accomplish this, such leaders frequently follow ...

Increasingly centralized control over digital identity and online interactions has led to widespread censorship and ideological engineering, reinforcing a model that strips individuals of their ...

The kids these days have a lot of silly euphemisms. Porn becomes corn. Sex becomes seggs. Nipples are nip nops and a picture of an eggplant can stand in for a penis. Killing someone becomes unaliving ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

In the wake of the tragic assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, the Trump administration has attempted to crack down on what they consider to be “hate speech.” How the administration ...

“A common critique of systems that hold liars to account — such as the fact-checking industry — is the accusation that they are biased…The perception of bias comes from the fact that far-right echo ...