In Memoriam: Charles O. Jones Sarah Binder, Mark Rozell, Kathryn Tenpas, and Russell L. Riley - January 12, 2024 Chuck helped us understand the promise and limits of power in the U.S. constitutional system.
The Proud Boys and the Base are now illegal in New Zealand Brian Phillips - July 25, 2022 Designating these two white-supremacist groups as terrorist organizations will have global consequences
Patriot Front is on the march. It’s selling a story about whiteness. Candice K. Travis - July 24, 2022 Here’s the story the group was peddling when it marched on Boston’s Freedom Trail — and in hundreds of other appearances so far this year
Congress finally passed a federal anti-lynching bill — after 120 years of failure Justin Peck and Jeffery Jenkins - March 9, 2022 For decades, a small, intensely committed Senate minority was able to use Senate rules to block change and maintain the Jim Crow system in the South
Why it’s so misleading to call the Capitol violence ‘Third World’ Shariana Ferrer-Núñez, Melody Fonseca, and Fernando Tormos-Aponte - January 15, 2021 Like too many episodes in U.S. history, the violence was homegrown
Look beyond Trump’s language to see the roots of recent political violence in the U.S. Joshua C. Wilson - January 11, 2021 For the past 50 years, conservatives have capitalized on demonizing the federal government
Hate crimes are on the rise. What does it take to get state governments to respond? Regina Werum, Heather L. Scheuerman, Christie L. Parris, and Alison Faupel - August 12, 2019 We were surprised by our findings
Did El Paso show us that white supremacists are a serious threat? Few Republicans think so. Michael Tesler - August 7, 2019 Republicans see the news media as a much greater threat than white supremacists.
Ben Carson defended Trump’s racist tweets. Here’s how that affects his reputation. Naomi Tolbert, Gregory John Leslie, and Christopher T. Stout - August 4, 2019 Whites will like him more and blacks will like him less, survey findings suggest.
The attorney general’s FBI conspiracy theory is all conspiracy and no theory Henry Farrell - April 16, 2019 (Courtesy of Princeton University Press)Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum’s new
Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Regina Branton, and Ayal Feinberg - March 21, 2019 There is suggestive evidence that Trump’s rhetoric matters.
What the Mattis resignation tells us about how Trump is damaging the military’s credibility Michael Robinson - December 21, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81861" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Defense Secretary Jim Mattis welcomes Vice
The daily use of Gab is climbing. Which talker might become as violent as the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman? Siddharth Krishnan, Shannon Reid, Matthew Phillips, Matthew Valasik, and Arunkumar Bagavathi - November 29, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80781" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A makeshift memorial outside Tree of
Should Confederate monuments come down? Here’s what South Africa did after apartheid. Carolyn E. Holmes - August 21, 2018 Editors' note: Last night students at the University of North Carolina at
How Paul Ryan lost the Republican Party Larry Bartels / Managing Editor - April 15, 2018 Editors' note: In this archival post, first published April 15,
Democrats and Republicans are increasingly divided on the value of teaching black history Michael Tesler - February 28, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69899" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
One year after the Women’s March on Washington, people are still protesting en masse. A lot. We’ve counted. Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - January 21, 2018 Each month the Crowd Counting Consortium has been posting updates about trends
White racial resentment has been gaining political power for decades Jamil Scott - January 15, 2018 [caption id="attachment_68134" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump at a White House
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
Sometimes a handful of protesters can spark an enormous discussion. That certainly happened in September. Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - November 1, 2017 This is the ninth installment in a monthly series reporting
Last month, 83% of U.S. protests were against Trump Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - September 28, 2017 This is the eighth installment in a monthly series reporting
Don’t assume the militias at the Charlottesville rally were white supremacists. This is what they believe now. Sam Jackson - September 8, 2017 A few weeks ago, the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" demonstrations –
New poll: Obama-Trump voters are starting to sour on Trump John Sides - September 6, 2017 [caption id="attachment_62808" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump answers questions about his
Five things Trump did on his summer vacation: A foreign policy roundup Elizabeth N. Saunders - September 4, 2017 [caption id="attachment_63164" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump gives an address at
Voters value competence. That could be bad news for Trump. Will Jennings and Jane Green - September 1, 2017 When President Trump’s approval rating hit 34 percent in a
Almost all news coverage of the Barcelona attack mentioned terrorism. Very little coverage of Charlottesville did. Muhammed Idris, Fouad Pervez, and Bryan Arva - August 31, 2017 The recent attacks in Charlottesville and Barcelona both involved perpetrators
Youth radicalization is on the rise. Here’s what we know about why. Julie Norman and Drew Mikhael - August 28, 2017 [caption id="attachment_62817" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Members of white nationalist groups march
Why Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio isn’t like most presidential pardons Andrew Rudalevige - August 26, 2017 Last month, as President Trump made broad claims about his
Unlike Trump, most presidents emphasize our common ideals Mary Stuckey - August 25, 2017 [caption id="attachment_62808" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump answers questions about his
Defending Obamacare, cheering President Trump, opposing animal cruelty: Here’s who rallied in July and why. Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - August 21, 2017 This is the seventh installment in a monthly series reporting
What persuades elected officials to remove Confederate symbols? Framing it as good for business. Jordan Peterson and Christian Grose - August 21, 2017 When white nationalists marched in Charlottesville last week, resulting in
What led to the violence in Charlottesville? Here’s what social science says. E.J. Graff - August 19, 2017 The disturbing events in Virginia last weekend turned a spotlight
Months before Charlottesville violence, minorities were already feeling alienated and excluded Jonathan Collins - August 18, 2017 The violence in Charlottesville this past weekend — and President Trump’s
In 2015, Donald Trump said the Confederate flag should go in a museum. Here’s what changed. Michael Tesler - August 18, 2017 Two days after Donald Trump announced his presidential candidacy, Dylann
Here’s what white supremacy looks and sounds like now. (It’s not your grandfather’s KKK.) Daniel Kreiss and Kelsey Mason - August 17, 2017 In a remarkable exchange with the press Tuesday about the
White identity politics isn’t just about white supremacy. It’s much bigger. Ashley Jardina - August 16, 2017 [caption id="attachment_62456" align="aligncenter" width="960"] White nationalist demonstrators walk into the
Confederate flags and Nazi swastikas together? That’s new. Here’s what it means. Steven White - August 14, 2017 At the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville over the weekend,
These are the three reasons fascism spread in 1930s America — and might spread again today Seva Gunitsky - August 12, 2017 [caption id="attachment_62324" align="aligncenter" width="960"] White nationalists clash with counterprotesters at
Maybe U.S. police aren’t militarized enough. Here’s what police can learn from soldiers Sara Plana and Rachel Tecott - August 16, 2016 [caption id="attachment_45341" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People gather at the place where
The Trouble with Larry? Henry Farrell - June 23, 2009 "The Politico has a peculiar article":http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23912.html which sort of hints