The politics of school reopening

A study co-authored by a Boston College political scientist finds local political conditions—not science or the severity of COVID-19—determined whether K-12 public schools would reopen this fall A ... Read More

After Covid, now heat forces schools to go online in the Philippines

As climate crisis fuels the frequency and severity of heatwaves, the problems faced by teachers and students in the Philippines look set to play out elsewhere ... Read More

Teachers facing dramatic surge in complaints from parents since Covid as staff forced to quit, survey reveals

Exclusive: Personal attacks or aggressive behaviour is the most common form of vexatious complaint impacting staff members ... Read More

Did political shaming shape who got the COVID vaccine?

While most people believe COVID-19 vaccines are safe and their side effects are now clear, a new HarrisX poll conducted for the Deseret News finds ... people were dying, schools and businesses ... Read More

How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Scientists warn the willful blindness over coronavirus’ origins leaves the world vulnerable to another outbreak. Read More

Fox News twists data on economy and crime to attack Biden

There is an enduring chicken-egg question in American politics and media: Do Republicans who watch Fox News hold more extreme ... to which he points does note flaws in the FBI’s data ... Read More

Fox News Politics: Too much democracy

Democrats across the country have become increasingly concerned over the amount of support Trump is pulling from usually reliable demographics and donors have been bickering over an internal memo ... Read More

Fox News Politics: Battleground Democrat retreats from House

In a surprise announcement, longtime Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire says she won’t seek re-election to the House of Representatives this year. "I always said I was not going to ... Read More

Politics News

With day temperatures in Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts of Odisha hovering between 39 and 42 degrees Celsius, political parties ... (IAC)'s long movement in New Delhi in 2011, and other ... Read More

Where abortion rights could be on the ballot this fall: From the Politics Desk

an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, political ... Read More

How A.I. Chatbots Become Political

A.I.’s political ... letting them shape and command us. The critical first step in making that possible is to enact legislation requiring visibility into the training of any new A.I. model ... Read More

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

BEIJING (AP) — The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that ... Read More