White racism brought down a Black community. Will there be reparations? Danielle Phillips-Cunningham, Betty Kimble, and Alma Clark - June 16, 2022 Part 2: Groundless panic about white women’s safety razed a town.
Why the GOP can’t quit Trump Rachel M. Blum and Christopher Parker - March 1, 2021 Here’s what we learned when we surveyed MAGA supporters
The assault on the U.S. Capitol opens a new chapter in domestic terrorism Daniel Byman - January 14, 2021 The counterterrorism manual doesn’t cover an insurrection egged on by one party’s leaders.
Look beyond Trump’s language to see the roots of recent political violence in the U.S. Joshua C. Wilson - January 11, 2021 For the past 50 years, conservatives have capitalized on demonizing the federal government
Black women’s organizing has reshaped the electorate Nadia E. Brown and Bry Reed - December 10, 2020 From Fannie Lou Hamer to Stacey Abrams.
The white press has a history of endangering Black lives going back a century Ming Francis - June 15, 2020 In 1919, the white national press spread a false story that covered up a white massacre of African Americans in Arkansas
Some lawmakers are calling for truth commissions on racial violence. How do these work? Kelebogile Zvobgo and Carla Winston - June 8, 2020 These factors help commissions create effective solutions
The Republican Party is white and Southern. How did that happen? Jeffery Jenkins and Boris Heersink - February 7, 2020 Its leaders made a decision to push out blacks. That helped it to dominate Southern politics.
Christchurch and the rise of the far right Peter R. Neumann - March 18, 2019 Here are some factors fueling far-right terrorism.
Poll: Only 58 percent of Americans oppose blackface John Sides - February 7, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83485" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s page in
Should Confederate monuments come down? Here’s what South Africa did after apartheid. Carolyn E. Holmes - August 21, 2018 Editors' note: Last night students at the University of North Carolina at
Could Trump be the president who finishes off the State of the Union address? Andrew Rudalevige - January 31, 2018 Last night, President Trump became the latest commander in chief to
Don’t assume the militias at the Charlottesville rally were white supremacists. This is what they believe now. Sam Jackson - September 8, 2017 A few weeks ago, the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" demonstrations –
What led to the violence in Charlottesville? Here’s what social science says. E.J. Graff - August 19, 2017 The disturbing events in Virginia last weekend turned a spotlight
Months before Charlottesville violence, minorities were already feeling alienated and excluded Jonathan Collins - August 18, 2017 The violence in Charlottesville this past weekend — and President Trump’s
Here’s what white supremacy looks and sounds like now. (It’s not your grandfather’s KKK.) Daniel Kreiss and Kelsey Mason - August 17, 2017 In a remarkable exchange with the press Tuesday about the
White identity politics isn’t just about white supremacy. It’s much bigger. Ashley Jardina - August 16, 2017 [caption id="attachment_62456" align="aligncenter" width="960"] White nationalist demonstrators walk into the
Confederate flags and Nazi swastikas together? That’s new. Here’s what it means. Steven White - August 14, 2017 At the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville over the weekend,
These are the three reasons fascism spread in 1930s America — and might spread again today Seva Gunitsky - August 12, 2017 [caption id="attachment_62324" align="aligncenter" width="960"] White nationalists clash with counterprotesters at
More people in the U.S. protested in June than in any month since the January Women’s Marches. Jeremy Pressman, Erica Chenoweth, and Devin Finn - July 25, 2017 This is the sixth installment in a monthly series reporting
Yes, the media do underreport some terrorist attacks. Just not the ones most people think of. Erin Kearns, Anthony Lemieux, and Allison Betus - March 13, 2017 [caption id="attachment_55253" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump addresses a joint session
These 4 factors trigger anti-Semitic hate crimes in the U.S. Ayal Feinberg / Managing Editor - December 21, 2016 From Trump retweeting images from white nationalists to post-election reports
Trump/Hitler comparisons are overstated. How did Hitler actually consolidate power? Sebastian Schutte - November 22, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49957" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Donald Trump speaks during a campaign
Trump’s election has undermined ‘political correctness.’ That might actually be a problem. Henry Farrell - November 19, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49835" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Pro-white rights organizations the neo-Nazi National
There may have been shy Trump supporters after all - November 12, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49179" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Donald Trump speaks at a campaign
GOP voters picked Trump. Party leaders aren’t falling in line. Here’s why that’s surprising. Jeffery Jenkins and Boris Heersink - May 10, 2016 Now that Donald Trump has all but wrapped up the
These two maps are incredibly revealing about who’s voting for Trump, and why. Jeremy Teigen and Brian Arbour - April 5, 2016 [caption id="attachment_37191" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Supporters gather to see Donald Trump
New poll shows Trump supporters more likely to fear a majority-minority U.S. Tatishe M. Nteta and Brian Schaffner - March 5, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36767" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump argues
How political science helps explain the rise of Trump: the role of white identity and grievances Michael Tesler and John Sides - March 3, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36757" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stops
How international relations got religion, and got it wrong Elizabeth Hurd - July 9, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27258" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A general view shows Secretary of
Was what happened in Charleston terrorism? Brian Phillips - June 18, 2015 [caption id="attachment_26238" align="alignnone" width="620" class="align center"] People concerned about relatives
What a 100-year-old racist movie tells us about civil rights then and now - March 8, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22460" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A scene from D.W. Griffith’s “The
Times have changed, KKK edition Andrew Gelman - December 30, 2014 Rep. Steve Scalise (R) of Louisiana got into the news
Two intrepid young political scientists meet the Klan: A reminiscence - June 3, 2009 John’s post about Scott Roeder and mine about militant extremists
When philosophers date… - December 14, 2008 (I stumbled upon the following floating about the internet. If