The ‘massacre generation’ believes government can prevent mass shootings Alexandra Middlewood and Abigail Vegter - June 7, 2022 Our research found a sharp shift in young people’s attitudes from 2012 onward
How do black people channel their anger about racial injustice? Here’s what we found. Ismail K. White, Brian D. McKenzie, and Antoine J. Banks - June 28, 2020 They’re most likely to look first to protests and black-focused groups, not electoral politics.
93 percent of Confederate monuments are still standing. Here’s why. Tyler Camarillo, Tyler Johnson, Ray Block, Jr., Kathleen Tipler, Julian J. Wamble, Jared Clemons, Chryl N. Laird, and Andrea Benjamin - December 16, 2019 Local governments are often banned from removing them
What Nikki Haley gets wrong about the Confederate flag Thomas Ogorzalek, Spencer Piston, and Logan Strother - December 7, 2019 It was the fight against civil rights that brought the flag back.
Should Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect, be called a terrorist? Idean Salehyan - November 1, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79683" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People embrace in front of a
What political science can tell us about mass shootings E.J. Graff - October 29, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79520" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Pittsburgh Steelers logo with one
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
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
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
Does the death penalty target people who are mentally ill? We checked. Betsy Neill - April 3, 2017 [caption id="attachment_56339" align="alignleft" width="960"] A gurney in the execution chamber