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Nikita Lalwani


Rich people who own newspapers can shift elections. Israel shows how.

Sheldon Adelson’s newspaper moved Israeli voters to the right. Could a similar newspaper shift votes in a U.S. swing state?

Making it easier for Black people to vote had unexpected consequences

White backlash to the Voting Rights Act led Southern states to imprison more Black people.

Can Senate Democrats pass Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package? Ask the parliamentarian.

How can you change minds on hot-button political issues? Here’s what these scholars found.

For every 100 conversations, five individuals’ attitudes shifted

Think racial segregation is over? Here’s how the police still enforce it.

We interviewed Monica Bell about her important new paper

What happens when a police officer gets fired? Very often another police agency hires them.

Three percent of cops working in Florida were previously fired by a different police agency

When Americans get good government service, they mistakenly give the credit to the private sector.

U.S. citizens’ distrust of government isn’t always rational.

Junk television promoted populist politics long before Fox News and Trump

Kids and old people were more likely to vote for a notorious Italian populist when they were fed a diet of entertainment television.

When is nationalism a good thing? When it unites an ethnically diverse citizenry

Catholics like the European Union more than Protestants do. This is why.