Eva Meijer's new book is a fascinating, profoundly original, and important read about new ways of doing democratic politics ...

Ever wonder why U.S. politics is ruled by a donkey and an elephant? The real story might surprise you.

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Nast, who became the country's premier political cartoonist, also used foxes, to depict Democrats, with the Donkey dominating the party's image in 1930's. His image of Santa Claus is still what we ...

The downstream consequences of religion, politics and war can have far-reaching effects on the environment and on the ...