Research has shown that how trusting a person is may depend, at least in part, on his or her genes. However, distrust does not appear to be inherited in the same way, according to a new study.

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Beginning in the mid-1990s, when Judith A. Levine was a doctoral student in Chicago writing about low-income women’s lives, she ...

We’ve been discussing a lot of plans and ingenious new strategies for a Democratic comeback which are variously half-baked, hyperbolic, histrionic or merely silly. Here’s one that I believe is not. It ...

Most Americans distrust TikTok, Facebook and Instagram with their personal information and data, according to a Washington Post-Shcar School poll released Wednesday. Seventy-two percent of respondents ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Coming into the new year, it is vital to come to grips with the disease that most threatens American democracy—nearly ...