Today, in “Yeah, that just about figures” news: A new report from Sky News shows that Twitter—or X, if you insist—appears to have an algorithmic bias toward showing users right-wing and “extreme” ...

It's a bipartisan problem in a country beset by polarization: Since the start of 2025, political violence has killed, injured or threatened conservative and liberal political figures alike. This month ...

Persistent anti-Left rhetoric by Right-wing leaders reflects the enduring appeal of socialist ideas, which continue to ...

Right-wing populism flourishes when we take the bait — when we can’t see past the economic benefit dangled in front of us to ...

They bayed, they hollered, they hooted, they cheered. After a miserable 18 months, in which they had ranged from dejected to mutinous to feral, Labour mps finally had something to shout for when ...

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The assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has turbocharged the conversation — and fears — around political violence in the U.S. And, more than perhaps any other recent high-profile ...

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) announced a Senate hearing titled “Politically Violent Attacks: A Threat to Our Constitutional Order,” focusing on alleged increases in left-wing incidents and their links to ...

A new study suggests that feelings of personal deprivation and an authoritarian personality can combine to predict attraction to far-right politics. However, this psychological dynamic appears to ...

Once pitched as dispassionate tools to answer your questions, A.I. chatbots are now programmed to reflect the biases of their creators. Gab’s chatbot, Arya.Credit...Andria Lo for The New York Times ...