A Chinese national was arrested at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after authorities discovered nearly 2,300 live queen garden ants in his luggage, bound for China. Zhang Kequn, 32, was ...

Whether the RSP can deliver on its many promises remains to be seen. But one thing is already clear: The March 5 election has fundamentally changed Nepali politics.

When Democratic operatives look at Texas state Rep. James Talarico, they don’t see just another young progressive vying for a U.S. Senate seat. They see the political equivalent of In-N-Out Burger ...

Yale political theorist Hélène Landemore has a soft spot for shy people — the wallflowers least likely to seek or desire power. She believes shy people should play a bigger role in governing. In fact, ...

American democracy is again at a crossroads. Some interpret this period as one of institutional strain; others see an opportunity for renewal and reinvention that places power more firmly in the hands ...

Matthew Chapman attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in election and policy coverage.

Only three House Republicans won re-election in 2024 while Kamala Harris carried their districts — and one of them, Rep. Don Bacon, is retiring this year in Nebraska, giving Democrats a big ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., warned Friday at the Munich Security Conference that Western democracies must deliver “material gains for the working class” to defeat the rise of ...

As soon as I beat Reanimal for the first time, I jumped back to the main menu, hoping to find a freshly appeared chapter select option, as there were a few masks, critters, and statues that needed ...

"We are the counterweight of politics, the opposite of politics, we have to do the work of people — not the work of politicians," said the legendary filmmaker at the first Berlin Film Fest press ...

The San Francisco Bay Area is home to at least one-third of the value of the entire U.S. stock market. Late last year, you couldn’t escape a chilling billboard campaign, meant to be cheeky, from an ...