It’s been a great nine years for TMC political science analysis Kim Yi Dionne, John Sides, and Henry Farrell - December 31, 2022 We’ve published thousands of articles. Here are some of our editors’ favorites.
When do communities of color favor more policing? Marcus Board, Jr. - May 18, 2022 New York Mayor Eric Adams argues that Black Lives Matter should support police, who protect New Yorkers from gun violence. Many Black, Latino and working-class New Yorkers voted for him.
The House might pass a long-ignored bill to study reparations for slavery. Why now? Katherine Tate - March 22, 2022 My research looks at how Black legislators changed the Democratic Party — and how becoming party insiders changed them.
Like Breonna Taylor, Black women are often killed in private — even when it’s by police Shatema Threadcraft - March 21, 2022 Police and prison violence against Black women can be seen as an extension of intimate partner violence
The media loves ‘missing White women.’ Black women are already missing from public view. Julia S. Jordan-Zachery - October 13, 2021 With the latest nationwide news about Gabby Petito, Black women’s expulsion from full citizenship becomes even starker.
How Black Lives Matter demands accountability on Twitter — and when it works Rosa Castillo Krewson and Lorita Copeland Daniels - July 28, 2021 Twitter offers a new way to apply collective pressure toward social change
Not all of last year’s Black Lives Matter protesters supported Black Lives Matter Maneesh Arora and LaGina Gause - June 23, 2021 The largest, broadest and most sustained protests in U.S. history brought out many people who were protesting other things, our research found
Rising Democratic star Val Demings wants to challenge Sen. Marco Rubio. Could she win? Pearl K. Dowe and Ashley Daniels - May 24, 2021 Her network of Black women’s civic organizations would give her a critical boost
In Columbus, police killed a Black teenage girl. That fits a rarely discussed pattern. Sally Nuamah - April 22, 2021 Most White Americans think Black girls are older and more dangerous than their peers, new research finds. Police behave accordingly.
The WNBA influenced the Georgia Senate race, new research finds Angele Delevoye - November 30, 2020 After Kelly Loeffler attacked Black Lives Matter, the WNBA backed one of her opponents — who pushed her into a January runoff