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In France and elsewhere, everyday insecurity hurts the poor much more than the rich.

By Slavoj Žižek

Support for JFK’s nephew as a presidential candidate reveals the demand among Democrats for an alternative.

By Nick Burns

Jean Twenge’s new study suggests that the young are the losers in a society transformed by technology.

By Ann Manov

A new book revisits Freud’s analysis of Woodrow Wilson to ask: how much do leaders’ psychologies shape our politics?

By Adam Hochschild

An interview with Peter Turchin.

By Will Lloyd

Even the former president’s Republican rivals have boosted his claim that his arrest is politically motivated.

By Katie Stallard

The former president faces federal charges under the Espionage Act, but he is already trying to leverage the case to…

By Katie Stallard