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
Trump’s ‘Chinese virus’ slur makes some people blame Chinese Americans. But others blame Trump. Gregory Porumbescu and Donald Moynihan - September 16, 2020 Even conservatives responded to the phrase by more often criticizing the president
Under the Insurrection Act of 1807, here’s what a U.S. president can and cannot do Steve Vladeck - June 19, 2020 Invoking this statute to deploy the U.S. military would raise constitutional questions
Why isn’t the U.S. ready for a pandemic? For politicians, investing in prevention doesn’t pay off. Neil Malhotra - March 12, 2020 Disaster spending helps get you reelected. Preventing disaster doesn’t.
3 ways the coronavirus could end Trump’s presidency Michael Tesler - March 9, 2020 Voters are very influenced by what happens in an election year.
Why did India’s devastating Cyclone Fani kill only 40 people — not 10,000? Thank democracy and technology. Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash - May 16, 2019 Democracies may do better at adapting to climate change.
Trump issued an executive order to prepare for an EMP attack. What is it, and should you worry? Shira E. Pindyck, Joshua Schwartz, Christopher W. Blair, and Casey Mahoney - March 29, 2019 Nah. But the U.S. should get ready for a very similar threat — from the sun.
New data show how Americans really reacted to nationwide cellphone alert Jesse Lopez and Brian Guay - October 24, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79303" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The first test of the national
Hurricane Maria killed 64 Puerto Ricans. Another 1,000 died because the disaster response was inadequate. Jeremy Konyndyk - December 18, 2017 On Dec. 8, 2017, the New York Times published a
Puerto Rico’s troubles are far from over. The population’s health is at risk. Jennifer D. Sciubba and Jeremy Youde - October 13, 2017 [caption id="attachment_64849" align="aligncenter" width="960"] On Oct. 10, Yanira Rios collects