The bomb threats against Howard University affect far more than a single university Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, Pearl K. Dowe, Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd, Kelly Richardson, Khalilah L. Brown-Dean, Françoise Cromer, Elsie Scott, and Duchess Harris - February 16, 2022 Historically Black colleges and universities are being attacked as their success becomes more visible
Critics claim BLM protests were more violent than 1960s civil rights ones. That’s just not true. Kerby Goff and John D. McCarthy - October 12, 2021 But the media coverage of the two eras was quite different
Did last year’s Black Lives Matter protests push cities to defund police? Yes and no. Joshua Ferrer and Joyce Nguy - June 11, 2021 We’ll keep looking to see which trend continues
Black voters helped Biden get elected. His presidency will be defined by how he acts on racial equity. Rashawn Ray - February 8, 2021 Biden has diversified his Cabinet. His policies to address structural inequalities will matter even more.
The smash success of ‘Captain Marvel’ shows us that conservatives are ignoring the alt-right Bethany Lacina - March 14, 2019 Superheroes who are women or people of color attract new audiences without losing the old ones
No, Mark Meadows. Having a black friend doesn’t mean you’re not racist. Michael Tesler - February 28, 2019 The majority of people who hold racist beliefs say they have an African American friend.
Here’s how Europe’s data privacy law could take down Facebook Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman - May 25, 2018 [caption id="attachment_73825" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A journalist watches a speech by Facebook chief
Did you attend the March for Our Lives? Here’s what it looked like nationwide. Kanisha Bond, Jeremy Pressman, and Erica Chenoweth - April 13, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72172" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Emma González, a survivor of the
The Republican tax bill spurred more than 120 public protests in November Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - December 29, 2017 This is the 11th installment in a monthly series reporting
How Democrats are dominating special elections — in one graph John Sides - December 13, 2017 [caption id="attachment_67287" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones acknowledges
Two factors help a president get a lot done in 100 days. Trump has only one. David Mayhew - April 28, 2017 http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/the-first-100-days/2017/04/27/84533bc2-2b48-11e7-9081-f5405f56d3e4_video.html In early 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt launched the now-famous
Europe’s asylum system serves neither the refugees nor the countries. Here’s a new way of thinking about it. Sam Winter-Levy and Nikita Lalwani - April 4, 2016 [caption id="attachment_38447" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Refugees and migrants take part in
Setting the record straight on Selma and 'Selma' John Sides - February 22, 2015 [caption id="attachment_19758" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Colman Domingo as Ralph Abernathy, David
Setting the record straight on Selma and ‘Selma’ - February 22, 2015 [caption id="attachment_19758" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Colman Domingo as Ralph Abernathy, David
The root problem of Muslim integration in Britain is alienation Wallace Goodman - October 6, 2014 [caption id="attachment_16562" align="alignnone" width="620"] A girl blows bubbles during an
Authoritarianism, Democracy, and Soccer Cities Erik Voeten - January 30, 2010 I am resuming my irregular Soccernomics blogging. One of the