Influence, leverage and quiet control surface through books that decode how money moves power, shapes systems and decides who ...

Presidents often lose control over their agenda, or the policy process, or pieces of legislation. Sometimes, they even lose control of their party. But Donald Trump seems to have lost control over the ...

From effective rain-enhancing technology to a long, secretive history of trying to weaponize storms, there’s fertile ground for misinformation. It was October 2024, and Hurricane Helene had just ...

For some, social media is a place to engage with politics, whether it’s to share information about protests or learn about candidates for office. But how valuable do Americans think social media is ...

What keeps most people from breaking the rules? This simplified breakdown of Social Control Theory explains how our relationships, commitments, and social bonds influence conformity and law-abiding ...

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Smithsonian museums were ’OUT OF CONTROL” for emphasizing the negative parts of American history, including “how bad slavery was.” Trump, ...

CEO Sam Altman called a strange graph in its GPT-5 presentation a ‘mega chart screwup.’ CEO Sam Altman called a strange graph in its GPT-5 presentation a ‘mega chart screwup.’ is a senior reporter ...

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has been forced to reassure Americans that the new “Trump accounts” created by the president’s megabill are not a way to eventually privatize Social Security, even if ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Brainwashing is often viewed as a Cold War relic—think '60s films like "The Manchurian Candidate" and "The IPCRESS File." But Rebecca Lemov, professor of the history of science, argues in her recently ...

Bonfire Social, a new framework for building communities on the open social web, launched on Thursday during the FediForum online conference. While Bonfire Social is a federated app, meaning it’s ...

What, exactly, does a social network do? Is it a website that connects people with one another online, a digital gathering place where we can consume content posted by our friends? That’s certainly ...