Republicans are increasingly sharing misinformation, research finds Megan A. Brown and Maggie Macdonald - August 28, 2022 Republican candidates have dramatically increased how much they share from unreliable sources in just two years
Trump allegedly disparaged America’s war dead. The backlash probably won’t decide the election. Jim Golby - September 9, 2020 But both campaigns want the public to think the military is on their side.
Right-wing websites are demonizing ‘antifa.’ Here’s how they portray the threat. Curd Knüpfer - June 24, 2020 My research found that 27 right-wing websites were strikingly in sync in creating the impression of a menacing, indistinct threat
Prosecutors claim that a ‘boogaloo’ killed two cops. What’s a boogaloo? Yonatan Lupu, Rhys Leahy, and Nicolás Velásquez Hernandez - June 16, 2020 The loosely organized far-right movement is associated with a distinctive look and discordant politics
Blame Fox, not Facebook, for fake news Henry Farrell - November 6, 2018 Yochai Benkler, Rob Faris and Hal Robert, three scholars affiliated
Trying to understand how Jeff Flake is leaning? We analyzed his Twitter feed — and were surprised. Joshua Tucker, Jonathan Nagler, Jan Zilinsky, and Gregory Eady - October 5, 2018 [caption id="attachment_78576" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), right, and
No, one-third of African Americans don’t support Trump. Not even close. Michael Tesler - August 17, 2018 President Trump has recently faced renewed allegations of racism. Many
What Roy Moore tells us about the Republican Party David A. Hopkins - December 12, 2017 Roy Moore hasn’t spent much time lately trying to make
The U.S. has been arguing about the Bill of Rights since 1791 Andrew Rudalevige - September 20, 2017 [caption id="attachment_63740" align="aligncenter" width="960"] University of California at Berkeley police
Fake news might be harder to spot than most people believe Dominik Stecula - July 10, 2017 [caption id="attachment_60747" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Comet Ping Pong pizza shop in
There’s a well-funded campus industry behind the Ann Coulter incident Amy Binder - May 1, 2017 [caption id="attachment_57580" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A leaflet in Berkeley, Calif. (AP
Will the ‘Dutch Trump’ win next week’s election in the Netherlands? Matthew Bergman - March 8, 2017 [caption id="attachment_55026" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Supporters of Dutch far-right politician Geert
News coverage of Trump is really, really negative. Even on Fox News. Stephen Farnsworth and Robert Lichter - February 28, 2017 [caption id="attachment_54761" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Richard Carson / Reuters[/caption] The early
Trump’s news conferences look a lot like Putin’s. Should you worry? Hannah Chapman - February 18, 2017 [caption id="attachment_54325" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Members of the media raise their
How Hannah Arendt’s classic work on totalitarianism illuminates today’s America Jeffrey Isaac - December 17, 2016 The rise of right-wing populism in Europe and the United
People blame Facebook for fake news and partisan bile. They’re wrong. Menaka Philips and Jennifer Forestal - December 16, 2016 [caption id="attachment_51246" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Facebook is under fire for partisan
Trump wants to impose a whopping 35% tariff on businesses that move jobs overseas. This is why. Jeff Colgan - December 5, 2016 Donald Trump has just announced via Twitter that he wants
How the conservative media is taking over the Republican Party Matt Grossmann and David A. Hopkins - September 9, 2016 [caption id="attachment_46059" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Megyn Kelly (right) interviews Donald Trump
Bernie Sanders’s surge doesn’t mean the Democratic race is wide open. Here’s why. Michael Tesler - September 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27976" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders speaks
Bernie Sanders's surge doesn't mean the Democratic race is wide open. Here's why. John Sides - September 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27976" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders speaks
What can we learn about the electoral behavior of non-citizens from a survey designed to learn about citizens? Scott Gehlbach and John Ahlquist - October 28, 2014 [caption id="attachment_17153" align="aligncenter" width="600"] (Orlin Wagner/AP)[/caption] The following is a
Methodological challenges affect study of non-citizens' voting John Sides - October 27, 2014 [caption id="attachment_17216" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Sue Ogrocki/AP)[/caption] A recent Monkey Cage
Methodological challenges affect study of non-citizens’ voting Michael Tesler - October 27, 2014 [caption id="attachment_17216" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Sue Ogrocki/AP)[/caption] A recent Monkey Cage