50 years ago, Uganda ordered its entire Asian population to leave Meghan Garrity - August 4, 2022 A new data set explores mass expulsions around the world
Conservatives don’t want a bigger social safety net. But they do want to care for the needy. Stephanie Ternullo - August 2, 2021 Communities should take care of their own through local churches and nonprofits, White Midwesterners told me
How a stronger presidency could lead to more effective government William Howell and Terry Moe - September 13, 2020 And more effective government could help reduce populism
George Floyd’s killing is changing how some white evangelicals talk about race Nancy Wadsworth - August 10, 2020 Here’s the history to this shift.
Barr says there’s no systemic racism in policing. Our data says the attorney general is wrong. Emma Pierson - June 19, 2020 We analyzed data from nearly 100 million police stops from 2011 to 2018
In the U.S. criminal justice system, algorithms help officials make better decisions, our research finds Zhiyuan “Jerry” Lin, Sharad Goel, Jongbin Jung, and Jennifer Skeem - March 1, 2020 We checked a 2018 Dartmouth study that disagreed
Citizens United turns 10 today. Here’s what we’ve learned about dark money. Abby Wood - January 21, 2020 The Supreme Court believed it wouldn’t lead to corruption. What’s the verdict?
Don’t want to discuss Trump or impeachment at Thanksgiving? Try this instead. Vanessa Lide and E.J. Graff - November 26, 2019 Dazzle (or distract) the table with what else has been happening while they weren’t looking.
Are cyber-operations a U.S. retaliatory option for the Saudi oil field strikes? Would such action deter Iran? Jacquelyn Schneider - October 1, 2019 This strategic response can have complicated trade-offs
California abolished money bail. Here’s why bail opponents aren’t happy. Laurel Eckhouse - August 31, 2018 [caption id="attachment_77284" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (iStock)[/caption] This week, California became the