Welcome to Good Authority John Sides and Kim Yi Dionne - September 20, 2023 Our mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience.
How U.S. government statistics work, explained by the country’s Chief Statistician Henry Farrell - August 7, 2017 [caption id="attachment_61857" align="alignleft" width="800"] U.S. employment statistics 2009-2017. (Ben Moore/Wikimedia,
How big is the gap between the donor class and ordinary Americans? Bigger than you think. Sean McElwee, Jesse H. Rhodes, and Brian Schaffner - December 15, 2016 Money's influence is a perennial concern in American politics. And
Cherie Berry put her picture in every North Carolina elevator. Here’s how that affected her reelection. Jacob Smith - April 14, 2016 [caption id="attachment_39081" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (iStock)[/caption] It's hardly surprising when an
What are the benefits of campaign finance reform? Sam Power - November 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_32330" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Flickr under Creative Commons license from
Who’s afraid of an 'Islamic state'? Lawrence Rubin - October 2, 2014 Trying to make sense of the patterns of alignments in
Who’s afraid of an ‘Islamic state’? Lawrence Rubin - October 2, 2014 Trying to make sense of the patterns of alignments in
Why all the illegal street vending? Ask the mayor Alisha Holland - June 30, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12425" align="aligncenter" width="680"] A street vendor in Bogotá, Colombia.
Aaron Swartz died one year ago today Henry Farrell - January 11, 2014 [caption id="attachment_5148" align="aligncenter" width="500" special=""] (Creative Commons)[/caption] He will be
Will Senate Democrats go nuclear? - November 21, 2013 [caption id="attachment_3315" align="aligncenter" width="446" special=""] Justice is blind (though her