Left-leaning political traditions emphasize the role of the state in protecting individual rights and promoting equality. In ...

The president has brought the Republican Party in line with the vast majority of Americans on what was once an intensely divisive issue.

Plato identified inequality as a central problem of politics. Inequality, this ancient Greek philosopher warned, undermines ...

Conservatives plot to destroy same-sex marriage rights 10 years after historic victory. What they're planning will shock ...

Civility isn't gender equality's friend in televised political discussions, where women typically speak less and are shown ...

It will take 123 years to reach full gender parity globally, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Gender Gap Report ...

According to Peniel E. Joseph, who holds a joint professorship at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the history department at the University of Texas at Austin, the resistance to black equality ...

Understanding how the U.S. went from marriage equality a decade ago to steep backsliding on transgender rights today could ...

While Equality Deniers are not found because their position has been retired to the archives of history, Equality Qualifiers and Status Seekers abound. Let’s not pretend we have a problem where ...

Political Institutions Matter. The new Nobel laureates in economics find that good governance is tied to economic growth. / Economy, finance, and ... Their hypothesis was straightforward: elites allow ...

Vermont, which prompted the creation of civil unions, was a pivotal step towards nationwide marriage equality. Despite initial controversy and political backlash, ...