Looking for bingeworthy TV about politics? Here you go. Seth Masket - December 13, 2022 Here’s one political scientist’s list of the best and the worst. Tell us yours!
The Targaryens struggle with a ‘crown prince problem,’ like all authoritarians Jørgen Møller, Anne Meng, Anders Sundell, and Andrej Kokkonen - August 28, 2022 In House of the Dragon — as in the Game of Thrones — leadership succession is a bloody problem
The U.N. has a plan to end AIDS by 2030. But Russia doesn’t like it. Renu Singh and Mara Pillinger - September 14, 2021 The focus on social policies to end discrimination ratcheted up political disagreements
HBO’s new show explores HIV in the 1980s. 40 years later, stigma and prejudice are still going strong. Gabriele Magni and Andrew Reynolds - February 18, 2021 Our research examines why so few people with HIV hold public office.
California’s ‘Fair Pay to Play’ law for college athletes has other states racing to join up. Here’s why. Roshaun Colvin and Joshua Jansa - November 18, 2019 Even the NCAA is changing its rules on athlete pay.
Should college athletes profit from endorsements? White Americans are split by racial attitudes. Tatishe M. Nteta, Lauren McCarthy, and Kevin Wallsten - October 24, 2019 This new study shows a stark divide.
An HBO series looks at political violence in Jerusalem. Here’s the reality behind the drama. Chagai Weiss - September 13, 2019 We researched the explosive summer that the series portrays.
Chernobyl’s effects go far beyond what you’re seeing on HBO. It shook up geopolitics for years. Mariana Budjeryn - July 15, 2019 From the Soviet Union’s fall to Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament, the disaster changed the region.
Whom you supported in ‘Game of Thrones’ says a lot about your real-world politics Joshua D. Ambrosius - May 24, 2019 For instance, people who supported House Stark back decentralized government.
On ‘Game of Thrones,’ Daenerys Targaryen faces a sexist double bind — like so many female leaders Michael Tesler - May 10, 2019 Or let’s put it this way: Is she “electable”?