“Governments should be separate from ideologies, and elected representatives of the people should determine the laws that govern them,” said Nobel laureate and Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi during a recent talk at Yale.Shirin EbadiMore than...
The Supreme Court recently ruled in a 5-4 decision that the government cannot require certain employers to provide insurance coverage for birth control if they conflict with the employer’s religious beliefs. The controversial ruling in the Burwell v....
This year’s midterm elections are unlikely to break the political impasse currently rankling the nation, the Huffington Post’s senior data scientist told a Yale audience recently.At the panel discussion (from left) Jacob Hacker, David Mayhew, Eitan Hersh...
True to recent history, the 2014 elections featured an electorate largely critical of a president midway through his second term in office, Yale political scientists said. The only surprise was the degree of discontent.“The election had more of a...