The misleading narrative behind the attack on public schools Zein Murib - September 20, 2023 A bit of history reveals the long-term forces at work.
Evangelicals opposed abortion long before their leaders caught up Neil O’Brian - May 17, 2022 Before Roe v. Wade, Catholic leaders were more vocal about their opposition — but rank-and-file evangelicals mostly agreed with them.
How the Christian right helped get Amy Coney Barrett nominated to the Supreme Court Henry Farrell - October 15, 2020 A Q&A with the authors of the new book “Separate But Faithful: The Christian Right’s Radical Struggle to Transform Law and Legal Culture.”
Why young white evangelicals aren’t likely to leave the Republican Party Ryan Burge, Paul Djupe, and Jeremiah J. Castle - September 3, 2019 Maybe they don’t like Trump. But that’s not what counts.
Abortion taught conservative Christians to argue for minority rights — as they’re doing today in Masterpiece Cakeshop. Andrew Lewis - December 5, 2017 When is a wedding cake not just a cake, but
Evangelical voters will almost surely vote for Donald Trump. Here’s why. Paul Goren and Christopher Chapp - October 3, 2016 For at least three decades, the Republican Party has won
The Supreme Court meets the fallacy of the one-sided bet Andrew Gelman - April 8, 2013 Doug Hartmann writes (link from Jay Livingston): Justice Antonin Scalia’s
Obamanomics: A Counter-counterhistory Andrew Gelman - October 1, 2012 In a column entitled, "Obamanomics: A Counterhistory", David Leonhardt makes
Obama and Reagan Andrew Gelman - February 3, 2011 I saw this picture staring at me from the newsstand
2010: What happened? Andrew Gelman - November 5, 2010 A lot of people are asking, How could the voters