When official treaty negotiations end, unofficial negotiations begin. Changes made during “legal scrubbing” can turn the original deal on its head as this text-as-data analysis shows.

Why do Republicans and Democrats disagree about the existence of climate change in the U.S.? One key factor has been the politicization of climate science. Politicization occurs when an actor accentuates the inherent uncertainty of science as a way to cast doubt on the existence of scientific consensus. The result ...