America is less polarized by race – but more polarized about race John Sides and Michael Tesler - April 3, 2024 The pro-GOP shift among people of color is making racial attitudes more important to politics, not less.
Good Playlist: Music to help you find the headspace to teach ▶️ Colin M. Brown - March 4, 2024 Check out this detailed playlist covering politics around the world.
Violent deaths in Pakistan jumped last year. That’s a big worry. Christopher Clary - January 5, 2024 Outside powers may be unable to ignore the worsening turmoil in Pakistan.
The 2023 Slovak elections will likely impact … Slovakia Joshua Tucker - October 5, 2023 Voters generally focused on domestic politics, not foreign policy – or Ukraine.
How states make it harder to get food assistance Andrea Silva - September 20, 2023 Hungry people face complex requirements.
Latinos who use Spanish-language social media get more misinformation Robert Vidigal, Marianna Garcia, Marisa A. Abrajano, Joshua Tucker, Jonathan Nagler, and Aaron Pope - November 7, 2022 That could affect their votes – and their safety from covid-19.
Afro-Latino politicians could bridge the African American-Latino divide Yalidy Matos, Michelle Bueno Vásquez, and Domingo Morel - October 24, 2022 In the U.S., Dominicans are the Hispanic group with the largest Black population. Many are pressured to identify as either Black or Latino, not both.
Latino leaders could collaborate with Black communities. Why don’t they? Claudia Sandoval and Chaya Crowder - October 13, 2022 The two groups have different views on whether racism is systemic or not, our research finds. It wasn’t always this way.
Will misinformation keep Latinos from voting in the midterms? Yamil Ricardo Velez - September 29, 2022 That depends in part on where they get their news. Here’s what my research found.
Urban flooding has everything to do with real estate corruption Malini Ranganathan - September 9, 2022 In Bengaluru and elsewhere, shady land deals and the effects of climate change are a disastrous mix
Nannie Helen Burroughs, trailblazing Black teacher and labor organizer Danielle Phillips-Cunningham - August 31, 2022 During Jim Crow, she forged career paths for Black girls.
What does it take to build up women’s rights after war? Miriam J. Anderson - August 18, 2022 This nuanced compilation looks at women’s empowerment after Sierra Leone’s civil war, from different perspectives
Sri Lanka’s multiple crises just came to a head Zachariah Mampilly and Fathima Cader - July 22, 2022 The pandemic and past war debts have left the economy in tatters
How united is the West on Russia? Tobias Bunde and Tom Lubbock - July 5, 2022 Public risk perceptions in NATO countries shifted after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, our surveys found
Americans aren’t asking for transgender sports bans. So why pass them? Patrick Miller, Jami Taylor, Donald P. Haider-Markel, Daniel Lewis, and Andrew R. Flores - May 22, 2022 Conservative Republicans are pushing a policy agenda.
A Sinn Fein win in Northern Ireland could bring big changes Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Carolyn Gallaher - May 5, 2022 What might happen to political power sharing — and calls for Irish reunification?
Why Putin uses Russian law to crack down on dissent Lauren McCarthy - April 6, 2022 Autocrats make things like protests illegal so they can blame individuals for breaking the law — while avoiding blame for passing unjust laws.
What’s so funny about a Russian invasion? Chonlawit Sirikupt - April 6, 2022 Here’s how Kyiv is wielding humor in its information war against Moscow
Putin called fleeing Russians ‘traitors.’ Who’s actually leaving? Laura A. Henry and Elizabeth Plantan - March 30, 2022 Many will be activists in exile, our research suggests
Putin’s warning about Russian ‘fifth columns’ has a long, sordid lineage Scott Radnitz and Harris Mylonas - March 30, 2022 He is suggesting that anyone with a Western lifestyle could be a traitor
More than 2 million people have already fled the Ukraine conflict. How will they fare in new countries? Peter Esaiasson, Nazita Lajevardi, and Jacob Sohlberg - March 9, 2022 If European nations want to welcome these refugees, here’s what they can learn from our research
Even Russian-speaking Ukrainians don’t want to be evacuated to Russia or Belarus Michał Bilewicz - March 7, 2022 The research shows that Russian speakers across much of Ukraine identify as Ukrainian
Perhaps Putin thinks acting crazy is a good strategy. My research says otherwise. Roseanne W. McManus - March 6, 2022 ‘Madness’ isn’t a common leadership trait
With the 2022 midterms ahead, expect another Latino misinformation crisis Jeronimo Cortina and Brandon Rottinghaus - February 24, 2022 Our research identified which Latino voters are especially susceptible.
Trudeau sort of won Canada’s election. But a new alt-right party got exactly what it wanted. Tyler Kustra - September 21, 2021 Four takeaways from the Canadian election
Olympic officials resisted pressure to ban Iran from the Tokyo Games, but they’ve banned teams before Thandiwe Keet, Andrew Bertoli, and Aleksandra Smajevic - July 27, 2021 In these 9 cases, sporting authorities tried to ban a country from international competition — sometimes for years
Why do some U.S. mayors want more refugees? Anita R. Kellogg - June 27, 2021 Studies find that refugees pay back more than they’re given and that they revitalize abandoned neighborhoods
The ‘model minority’ myth hurts Asian Americans – and even leads to violence Yung-Yi Diana Pan and Margaret M. Chin - April 18, 2021 Assuming that anti-racist efforts don’t work for Asian Americans makes discrimination harder to eliminate
Thanks to Trump’s rhetoric, Asian Americans are moving toward the Democratic Party Vivien Leung, Nathan Kar Ming Chan, and Jae Yeon Kim - March 30, 2021 As Asian Americans grow as a slice of the electorate, they could affect politics at every level of government
Anti-Asian bias isn’t just an American problem Xiao Tan, Rennie Lee, and Leah Ruppanner - March 25, 2021 The pandemic has revived old stereotypes around the world
Media coverage of Tiger Woods’s accident shows that Americans don’t see athletes as fully human Tom Le and Gabrielle Herzig - March 7, 2021 “Can he still win?” is a question about a product, not a person.
Recent attacks could push Asian Americans to get more politically active, research suggests Vivien Leung - March 7, 2021 Being targeted by bias can drive people with extremely different backgrounds to identify under a common identity
The Biden administration is planning for climate migration. Do Americans support helping climate migrants? Sabrina B. Arias and Christopher W. Blair - March 4, 2021 Here’s what our research finds
U.S.-China competition may be a win-win for Africa Naunihal Singh, Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny, and E. Gyimah-Boadi - November 19, 2020 Afrobarometer surveys find many Africans approve of U.S. and Chinese investment in the continent.
Ethiopia’s cracking down in Tigray. But activists are spreading the news. Claire Wilmot - November 17, 2020 When the government shut down the Internet, new Twitter accounts filled the information void.
One in four Latinos voted for Trump last time. They’ll likely do so again. David Leal and Álvaro J. Corral - November 1, 2020 The Latino groups that lean Republican are the segments that are growing
Jacinda Ardern’s pandemic leadership will probably win her a second term in New Zealand Nina Hall - October 16, 2020 But the next government won’t find it easy to balance relations with the U.S. and China.
Mike Lee is more of a democrat than he realizes David Stasavage - October 9, 2020 Democracies were once more decentralized - and ineffective - than they are today
Americans rate Trump better on the economy. But it may not help him in November. John Sides - September 2, 2020 Which Americans disapprove of Trump overall — but approve of his handling of the economy? Mostly Biden voters.
‘Fake news’ methods change faster than Western governments can react. Here’s how to keep up. H. Akin Unver - August 13, 2020 Understanding how Russia, Turkey and the Gulf nations use disinformation could guide better safeguards against foreign interference
A Saudi fund opted not to buy Newcastle United. How do sovereign wealth funds affect politics back home? Cullen Hendrix - August 10, 2020 Diversifying beyond oil can help authoritarian regimes stay in power
Who thinks that Latinos shouldn’t be able to vote? Mark D. Ramirez and David A. M. Peterson - August 9, 2020 Here’s how our new study measured this under-acknowledged form of racism.
Was slavery a ‘necessary evil’? Here’s what John Stuart Mill would say. David Lay Williams - July 30, 2020 Mill’s lesson: The winners in unjust systems always want the oppressed to assume their fate was inevitable.
This new book highlights women’s roles in Cameroon’s separatist politics Kim Yi Dionne - July 26, 2020 Everyday activities nurture cultural distinctiveness — and support separatism
Trump wants schools to reopen. What would persuade Latinos to send their kids? Gabriel R. Sanchez, Edward D. Vargas, and Adrián A. Pedroza - July 26, 2020 They’re already on the front lines of the pandemic — and yet they worry about their children’s education.
Do U.S. policing programs help boost the militarization of foreign police forces? Benjamin Kenzer - July 10, 2020 Joint police/military training is a feature of some U.S.-funded programs.
Latino voters could be pivotal in November. Here’s how mailers mobilize them to vote. Melissa R. Michelson, Matt Davis, and Christopher B. Mann - July 9, 2020 Our research looked at whether English or bilingual letters were more effective.
If Fire Saga really wanted to win Eurovision, this is what they needed to know Lauren Gilbert - July 3, 2020 Hint: it didn’t involve elves
The Trump administration is curtailing visas for Chinese scientists. That could backfire. Caroline S. Wagner - June 26, 2020 Excluding foreign researchers and students hurts U.S. innovation — and coronavirus collaboration
If Trump tried to steal the election, would enough Americans support him? Here’s what we know. Christopher Federico and Ariel Malka - June 19, 2020 Watch the people who are both culturally conservative and want economic protections — in other words, Trump’s populist base
What would Hobbes say about the pandemic? Governments should protect lives — and help the poor. David Lay Williams - May 17, 2020 When a government fails to take seriously its mandate to protect the lives of its citizens, it flirts with inviting violent revolution, chaos and mass casualties, in his view.
Foreign hackers have made it harder for the U.S. to prosecute them Tim Maurer and Garrett Hinck - April 7, 2020 The Justice Department dropped charges against these two Russian companies
States lead the fight against covid-19. That means we all depend on Medicaid now. Josh Pacewicz - April 7, 2020 And state Medicaid systems differ dramatically — giving the nation 50 different public health systems.
The Trump administration is raising the application fee for U.S. citizenship. That will cost the U.S. later on. Michael Hotard and David D. Laitin - April 6, 2020 Citizens make more than permanent residents — and therefore pay more taxes
For the third time in 11 years, Rwanda changed the language used in primary schools Timothy P. Williams - January 24, 2020 Here’s what this means for children, teachers and the nation
After 3 years, Northern Ireland’s legislators have finally gone back to work. What happened? Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Carolyn Gallaher - January 17, 2020 Here’s what brought Sinn Fein and the Unionists back together — and what could tear them apart again.
Iran shot down a Ukrainian plane. How did Ukraine respond? Orysiya Lutsevych - January 17, 2020 In a tough situation, the government handled most things well.
If any Iranians supported Soleimani’s killing, it would’ve been dissidents on Twitter. The opposite happened. Steven L. Wilson and Layla M. Hashemi - January 7, 2020 The attack may have united Iranians in outrage against the U.S.
Would Booker and Castro be in tonight’s debate if polls counted people of color accurately? Matt A. Barreto - December 18, 2019 Most polls misrepresent the Democratic electorate. Here’s how that skews the results.
Boris Johnson’s campaign rhetoric reveals why there’s a constitutional crisis over Brexit Julia Rone - December 3, 2019 The nation is split over who should rule, the people or Parliament.
Impeachment exists because the Founding Fathers made a mistake. Several, actually. Josep Colomer - December 3, 2019 This explains why the House has turned to impeachment three times in less than 50 years
Trump wants to pull Cameroon’s preferential trade status. Here’s what you need to know. Travis Curtice - November 28, 2019 Are human rights concerns the real reason or just a pretext?
How California’s Prop 187 is still shaping immigration policy Andrea Silva - November 25, 2019 Increasingly, states are calling the shots
Canada votes on Monday. Why aren’t Trudeau’s troubles helping the far right? Cas Mudde - October 17, 2019 Because immigrants and multiculturalism are so popular.
Russian TV has enthusiastically covered the Trump-Ukraine scandal Mikhail Alexseev - October 1, 2019 The coverage treats Trump, Biden and democracy as equally corrupt.
Saudi, UAE Twitter takedowns won’t curb rampant disinformation on Arab Twitter Marc Owen Jones - September 24, 2019 Recent activity by social media networks to rein in bot and troll networks is only a token gesture.
Boris Johnson ‘prorogued’ Parliament — just like a 17th-century king Kara Dimitruk - September 2, 2019 But at least the prime minister probably won’t be chastened by a European invasion
Is President Trump’s rhetoric racist? It depends on whom you ask. Ryan Enos, Meredith Dost, and Jennifer L. Hochschild - August 12, 2019 Americans don’t agree on what’s racist.
Treating immigrants like criminals has a long history in the United States Melina Juárez Pérez - July 18, 2019 “Crimmigration” started well before the Trump administration.
John Bolton is warning of a “Clash of Civilizations” with China. Here are the five things you need to know. Paul Musgrave - July 18, 2019 Academics and experts say that the “clash of civilizations” argument is misleading and destabilizing.
Amílcar Cabral’s life as a Pan-Africanist, anti-colonial revolutionary still inspires Kim Yi Dionne - June 20, 2019 He was a prolific scholar — and also masterminded the end of Portuguese rule in two African nations
How has Tiananmen changed China? Yuhua Wang - June 3, 2019 Violence can influence people for a long time — despite repression — because families talk about it.
What’s behind the desire for ‘skilled’ immigrants? Racial prejudice. Neil Malhotra and Benjamin Newman - May 21, 2019 New research shows that the preference for “skills” conceals bias against Latinos.
Tucker Carlson, those South African white rights activists aren’t telling you the whole truth Carolyn Holmes - May 15, 2019 The data shows that white farmers aren’t being targeted by violence.
Cameroon’s citizens are losing hope that their country can remain united Mircea Lazar - March 25, 2019 After years of skirmishing, the English-speaking minority scarcely trusts the government.
In this dystopian novel, the Wall gets built — and the emergency is real. Stephen Dyson - February 22, 2019 John Lanchester’s “The Wall” is a nightmare vision of a near-future Britain.
It’s Christian politics, not AIPAC money, that explains American support for Israel Sam Goldman - February 12, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83672" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Mayor Muriel E. Bowser speaks at
The blockade of Qatar has made Qataris more supportive of free speech D. Martin - February 12, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83572" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A couple walk by the sea
How the long history of leaderless movements helps us understand the ‘yellow vests’ protests Gabriel Leon - December 12, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81455" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Police clashed with the “yellow vests”
How Venezuela’s economic crisis is undermining social science research — about everything Tyler Burleigh, Scott Clifford, Ryan Jewell, Ryan Kennedy, and Philip Waggoner - November 7, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79925" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)[/caption] For social scientists,
Trump wants to change the rules of citizenship. Here are three reasons his proposal might be unconstitutional. Robinson Woodward-Burns - October 31, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79634" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A woman in the country illegally
Cameroon has an election Sunday — and everyone already knows the winner Yonatan Morse - October 6, 2018 [caption id="attachment_78633" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Cameroonian couple on a scooter
Australia has had 7 prime ministers in just 11 years. Blame its quirky election laws. Luke Mansillo - September 20, 2018 [caption id="attachment_77994" align="aligncenter" width="960"] From left: New Australian Prime Minister
How badly did Russia’s interview with the Skripal poisoning suspects backfire? Precious Chatterje-Doody and Rhys Crilley - September 15, 2018 RT, Russia’s state-backed international broadcaster, aired an exclusive interview with
Russia is building a new Napster — but for academic research Joe Karaganis and Balazs Bodo - July 13, 2018 [caption id="attachment_75613" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (iStock)[/caption] What will future historians see
The news media usually show immigrants as dangerous criminals. That’s changed — for now, at least. Heather Mohamed and Emily Farris - June 27, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74905" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Immigrants line up to enter the
This is why white evangelicals still support Donald Trump. (It’s not economic anxiety.) Janelle Wong - June 19, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74639" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump speaks at a rally
Sanctuary cities don’t ‘breed crime.’ They encourage people to report crime. Tom Wong - April 24, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72587" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A group of sanctuary state supporters
The NRA sees a bleak Hobbesian world. So why does it want to arm individuals with guns? Ryan Reed and Christopher Hallenbrook - April 19, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72430" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Anti-NRA signs are passed out during
How Paul Ryan lost the Republican Party Larry Bartels / Managing Editor - April 15, 2018 Editors' note: In this archival post, first published April 15,
The census has always been political. Especially when it comes to race, ethnicity, and national origin. Shom Mazumder - March 30, 2018 [caption id="attachment_68907" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In 2015, activists hold signs during
This is why Indian immigrants won’t benefit from Trump’s immigration plan Ramya Vijaya and Bidisha Biswas - March 1, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69933" align="alignnone" width="960"] Members of the Republican Hindu Coalition
Poland’s right-wing government is rewriting history — with itself as hero Mateusz Mazzini - February 27, 2018 Poland is in the midst of a pitched battle over
Locals call Boko Haram ‘slave raiders.’ Here’s what that means, and why it matters. Scott MacEachern - February 20, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69429" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In this undated image taken from
How the Rohingya crisis is affecting Bangladesh — and why it matters Mayesha Alam - February 12, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69135" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Rohingya child at the Kutupalong refugee camp
By deporting 200,000 Salvadorans, Trump may be boosting gang recruitment Micaela Sviatschi - February 12, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69125" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The El Salvador national flag hangs
Facebook wants its users to drive out fake news. Here’s the problem with that. Bernhard Clemm - February 1, 2018 [caption id="attachment_68730" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)[/caption] Mark Zuckerberg announced recently
Nationalism can have its good points. Really. Prerna Singh - January 26, 2018 [caption id="attachment_68516" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Police form a line on the
Why would authoritarian Belarus liberalize cryptocurrencies? Tatsiana Kulakevich - January 25, 2018 The rise of virtual currencies is pushing governments around the
Poland’s right-wing government has a new prime minister. Here are the 5 things you need to know. Anna Grzymala-Busse - December 12, 2017 The Polish Law and Justice Party (PiS) government has a