Right-wing political icon John Wayne barely makes it into the Top 100 (too bad he turned down the lead in #59 All the King’s Men). His left-wing analog Jane Fonda appears not at all.

When the term political science comes to mind, you might think of presidential campaigns, political parties or policy analysis on the evening news. But political science actually seeks to analyze and ...

President Donald Trump’s efforts to revamp the Federal Reserve could have far-reaching consequences for the U.S. economy and ...

Democracy requires that we make political choices free from bullying, intimidation, or threats of violence. So it is a problem when rates of political violence go up—as they have in the United ...

Ditto sees room for improvement in how political debates are waged. “I'm particularly interested in how to make politics more civil. How to get the two sides to understand each other better, and lower ...

Crash Course: Political Theory is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku ...

What is gerrymandering? It’s the drawing of political maps for partisan gain. Republicans and Democrats both do it, but Republicans have more openly embraced the process.