Trump’s attacks on Fani Willis failed to discredit her
My research explores why targeting Black officials, both personally and professionally, helps mobilize Black voters.
What the clean energy boom means for fossil fuel communities
'Uncertain Futures' reveals what makes policies and promises attractive to those upturned by a greener economy.
The Supreme Court may end college affirmative action. Then what?
Universities have followed similar bans to the letter but tried other ways to admit racially diverse classes – with mixed results
Why do some U.S. mayors want more refugees?
Studies find that refugees pay back more than they’re given and that they revitalize abandoned neighborhoods
As Georgia’s new law shows, when Black people gain local power, states strip that power away.
Think of Michigan officials taking over Flint’s water supply
Pete Buttigieg may not know this yet: Rail transportation funding is a racial equity issue.
Transit projects serving Black and low-income communities get canceled. Projects serving White communities go forward. The reason isn’t obvious.
There’s a long, troubling history behind the Capitol attack
Although the siege surprised almost everyone, it did not emerge randomly
Biden’s win shows that suburbs are the new swing constituency
The urban-rural divide is reshaping American politics
In Portland and beyond, city and national leaders respond very differently to protests. This explains why.
City leaders want to keep their denser geographies peaceful and productive. Rural and national leaders, not so much.
The protests started out looking like 1968. They turned into 1964.
As in the mid-1960s, peaceful protests drove news coverage and woke up the public
Some lawmakers are calling for truth commissions on racial violence. How do these work?
These factors help commissions create effective solutions
Why Trump’s approval bump isn’t helping him against Joe Biden
The voters who increasingly approve of Trump aren’t actually the ones likely to vote for him in November.
Trump is moving to secure the Polish American vote in 2020. Here’s how.
Key counties in swing states have large concentrations of Polish American voters
The Democratic candidates promise action on climate change. Here’s what stands in the way.
It’s not easy being green.
Who’s winning the Democratic debates? Here’s what Google search trends can’t tell you.
What do those search spikes really mean, anyway?
Yes, Lori Lightfoot’s election as Chicago mayor was historic. But how will she govern?
Let’s look at the evidence.
GM thinks layoffs will boost its bottom line. The reality is more complicated.
This week, General Motors announced plans to halt production at
Detroit and Flint keep relying on private money to solve public problems. Why?
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How today’s big Supreme Court case on public-sector unions could lead to a fiscal crisis
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In December, thousands of Americans protested against the tax plan, for DACA and about all the other usual suspects
This is the 12th installment in a monthly series reporting
A controversial ‘oversight board’ could take over Puerto Rico’s hurricane rebuilding effort
On Sept. 20, 2017, the world watched slack-jawed as Hurricane Maria
Did enough Bernie Sanders supporters vote for Trump to cost Clinton the election?
On Tuesday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was in Detroit
How attitudes about gender may have helped Hillary Clinton in 2016
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Were 2016 vote counts in Michigan and Wisconsin hacked? We double-checked.
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Most Americans support government regulation to fight climate change. Including in Pittsburgh.
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Here’s the real Rust Belt jobs problem — and it’s not offshoring or automation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-to-slash-federal-climate-protections/2017/03/28/bef2e138-13b0-11e7-bb16-269934184168_video.html With his announcement last week that he was lifting
U.S. executions and death sentences dropped dramatically in 2016 — except in a few hotspots
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Hillary Clinton would win in Australia, New Zealand, England, Canada, France, Mexico and Germany. But not Russia.
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No, Russians did not start the #TrumpWon debate meme. Here’s what really happened.
Shortly after last week’s presidential debate, people started to argue
Both the Clinton and Trump child-care tax plans have an appeal — but to very different voters
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This is what Trump and Sanders get wrong about free trade
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Here’s one simple way to minimize the chaos at the Republican National Convention
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Is Donald Trump leading a realignment of the GOP? Maybe not.
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Trump’s voters aren’t authoritarians, new research says. So what are they?
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New poll shows Trump supporters more likely to fear a majority-minority U.S.
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How political science helps explain the rise of Trump (part 3): It’s the economy, stupid
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Why haven’t Flint residents fled?
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How racial segregation and political mismanagement led to Flint’s shocking water crisis
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Hillary Clinton’s views on immigration are entirely mainstream
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Hillary Clinton's views on immigration are entirely mainstream
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The paradox of newsworthiness
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Why pension funds go to risky investments
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How NFL contracts are helping NFL players, but hurting their teams
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Five key questions – and answers – about Iran's social media influence
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Detroit and the Origins of the Urban Crisis
My examination of Detroit in the quarter-century after World War
Why Defining Terrorism Matters
This is a guest post by Karolina Lula, a PhD
When Mayors Matter–and When They Don’t
This Tuesday, voters in Los Angeles head to the polls
Why It Matters That Bin Laden Was Behind Recent Terrorist Plots
We are pleased to welcome back "Erica Chenoweth.":http://echenoweth.faculty.wesleyan.edu/ Erica is
A question about the economic benefits of universities
Ed Glaeser writes: The late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of
Terrorists on Tight Budgets
"Tyler Cowen":http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/03/price-elastic-terrorists.html blogs on the decision of an al Qaeda
The violent crime rate was about 75% higher in Detroit than in Minneapolis in 2009
Christopher Uggen reports. I'm surprised the difference is so small.
The seven-year itch, and thereafter
As a public service, "The Monkey Cage" momentarily transforms itself
“Graduate education is the Detroit of higher learning.”
That's the attention-getting opening line of an op-ed piece in
Panic in Detroit
"Ezra Klein":http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=02&year=2009&base_name=why_detroit_cant_fix_itself gently criticizes Susan Helper's "arguments":http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2009/02/17/the-grade-on-detroit-s-bailout-proposals-incomplete.aspx for reform of
A Holiday Package for the UAW, General Motors, and the Federal Judiciary
I was just settling down to read to my dog
The best cities for singles
Forbes magazine has a new edition of its "best cities