Politics & Society

The special issue explores how human communities across the globe use often-little-known cultural adaptations to address climate change.

Christopher Clarke is using TikTok and X to debunk viral social media claims that people were making more money in the 1930s than today.

In a set of sharing experiments, Spanish-speaking Latino preschoolers were more likely to choose options that would be more generous to others.

A more efficient U.S. Postal Service can increase voter turnout in all states regardless of their mail voting laws, according to a WSU study.

Grandparents appeared to serve as an important private safety net when COVID-19 first hit the U.S., according to a study led by a WSU researcher.  

WSU political scientist Travis Ridout is using computational coding and data analysis to improve tracking of online political ads by special interest groups.

A new fellowship program will increase news coverage of underrepresented communities across Washington state by pairing eight early-career journalists with newsrooms for two-year, full-time reporting positions.

Young men in a WSU‑led study who were regular consumers of sports media were more likely to accept rape myths, a set of false and prejudiced beliefs that can serve to excuse or downplay sexual assault.

The Office of Public Affairs in the U.S. Department of State awarded WSU $15,000 to organize a three-day, train-the-trainer workshop in India on LGBTQIA+ allyship.

The exhibition and companion website tell the lesser-known story of how movements of ordinary citizens helped shape the changing American health care system.