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IAN BURUMA has written extensively on Asian and European culture and politics. He has just written a book, "The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan," (Farrar.Straus.Giroux) which explores the different ways in which the people of Germnay and Japan remember World War II. In his book, he seeks to explain why Germnay has a collective sense of guilt over its war crimes, while Japan tries to forget its involvement in the war. Buruma's other books include "God's Dust: A Modern Asian Journey" (Farrar.Straus.Giroux, 1989) and "Playing the Game (FSG

The investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and ties to the Trump campaign was chosen as the top political story of 2017, narrowly beating out the fallout from sexual harassment.

A lawsuit involving President Trump and his D.C. hotel could hit the headlines in the fall of 2019, prime time in the next presidential campaign.

Accounts of the escapades of Narayan Dutt Tiwari, a former governor of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, have stunned that nation. He resigned in December, citing health concerns.

Former Vice President Mike Pence is leaving the race for the Republican presidential nomination while Rep. Dean Phillips, Minn., is joining the Democratic primary race.

This week in state politics: North Carolina lawmakers failed to override the governor's vetoes so that gyms and skating rinks that were shutdown because…

More than half of North Carolina’s counties are considered a news desert – with depleted local journalism. On this episode of The Politics Podcast: what could be done to fill the news void and how the emergence of social media has reshaped how politicians share their message.

North Carolina is again drawing the attention of the country for a rare political story.Alleged election fraud in Bladen and Robeson Counties has led to…

With candidates filing to run for state legislative seats, another lawsuit was filed this week, challenging a few of the political boundaries.Rob…

As a major redistricting cases lands before the North Carolina supreme court, calls are growing louder for some justices to recuse themselves. Today on Tested, we are highlighting an episode of the WUNC Politics Podcast in which three former state judges talk about the issue of recusal - and the importance of judicial independence.