No, there’s not a significant Taylor Swift effect on Travis Kelce’s stats Michael Tesler - October 31, 2023 Beware of small sample sizes in media narratives.
The Kansas abortion vote, in one graph Nathaniel Birkhead - August 5, 2022 Turnout and timing proved critical to Tuesday’s voting
Kansans voted to protect abortion rights. Why? Zoe Nemerever - August 4, 2022 Voters don’t like changing constitutions — and often aren’t as conservative as state legislators tend to assume
Why risk for violence in U.S. rises without Roe Rebecca Best - May 9, 2022 The Dobbs decision alone is not likely to push the U.S. into civil conflict. But when you add in other trends, the risk is ticking upward.
How did 9/11 change South Asian Americans’ identities and politics? Sangay Mishra - September 17, 2021 Being targets of racial and religious hatred unified them behind the Democrats
Strong teachers unions and school mask mandates go together, our research finds Jamie McCallum and Adam Dean - August 19, 2021 Schools that required masks last year had a 37 percent lower incidence of coronavirus cases than those that did not. And that reduction within schools also slowed community spread.
How blistering dissents help some Americans trust the Supreme Court Christopher M. Parker and Benjamin Woodson - July 1, 2021 That includes Kagan’s sharp dissent in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
Why NFL owners are supporting Black players’ protests — for now Bethany Lacina - September 12, 2020 Election season will stress-test the owners’ commitment.
Black Lives Matter beyond America’s big cities Lara Putnam, Jeremy Pressman, and Erica Chenoweth - July 8, 2020 Here’s the new geography of youth activism
Here’s why the Taliban might still want to negotiate with the U.S. Rebecca Best and Navin Bapat - September 12, 2019 It’s riven by factions and losing loyalists to the Islamic State
Military service was once a fast track to U.S. citizenship. The Trump administration keeps narrowing that possibility. Theresa Schroeder, Rebecca Best, Kyleanne Hunter, and Jeremy Teigen - September 5, 2019 And that’s hurting military readiness and effectiveness.
The anti-Trump ‘Lights for Liberty’ events might be the most significant protests you’ve never heard of. Tommy Leung, Nathan Perkins, Jeremy Pressman, and Erica Chenoweth - July 30, 2019 This kind of activism could matter in 2020.
Compared with recent presidents, Trump does not like to travel — except when he’s campaigning Kathryn Tenpas and James McCann - January 25, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83062" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump exits Marine One as
An unprecedented number of female military veterans ran as Democrats this year. Here’s why they were unusually successful. Rebecca Best and Jeremy Teigen - November 14, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80190" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Democrat Elaine Luria, a former Navy
Last month, 83% of U.S. protests were against Trump Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - September 28, 2017 This is the eighth installment in a monthly series reporting
Will the Cleveland convention help Trump win Ohio? Probably not. Joseph Uscinski and Christopher B. Mann - July 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_43710" align="aligncenter" width="960"] CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 11: Windows
The party politics of pot Seth Masket - June 10, 2014 [caption id="attachment_11637" align="aligncenter" width="300" special=""] Source: NPR[/caption] The Republican National
If You Give a State A Federal Reserve Bank (or two…) - June 19, 2013 What are the chances that both bank presidents-- one as
The best cities for singles - September 25, 2008 Forbes magazine has a new edition of its "best cities