"Election Beat 2020" is a new series of columns authored by Thomas E. Patterson at Harvard Kennedy School. In his inaugural piece, he discusses the problem of "meta-narratives."

Florida State University researcher Joshua I. Newman offers guidance to help journalists better understand and report on the link between NASCAR and U.S. politics.

Whether Americans support lockdown measures meant to control the spread of the new coronavirus has to do with their personal political beliefs and trust in media, according to new survey results.

New research forthcoming in Political Analysis finds U.S. legislators have been literally crossing the aisle less and less since the 1990s.

When Democratic presidential candidates appeal to Latino voters, white Democrats become less supportive, a study finds.

We gathered and summarized a sampling of published studies and working papers that examine white supremacy and far-right extremist groups from multiple angles, including online strategies for spreading propaganda.

When it comes to where America’s legislators invest their personal money, turns out they stick pretty firmly to their ideological ground.

“The big takeaway is that it’s actually good to speak up in defense of the profession,” said lead author Ray Pingree.

In this piece we wrote for Nieman Lab, we spotlight five studies on topics such as how Twitter affects journalists' news judgment and how often we remember where we read a news story.

After local newspapers close, political polarization among voters increases, according to new research in the Journal of Communication.