What the Trump/Biden dueling rhetoric at the U.S. border tells us
Both presidential campaigns want to make immigration policy a top issue in the 2024 election.
Four things to know about Biden’s student-debt relief plan
Loan forgiveness got the biggest attention. But the changes to repayment rules may have as big an effect.
How the student loan payment pause affected Latinx millennials
With payments due again soon, will Biden offer any loan forgiveness?
Why aren’t there more Republican women in Congress?
Congress has far more Democratic than Republican women. That’s not likely to change.
By coming out, Carl Nassib likely improved NFL fans’ attitudes toward gay men. Here’s how we know.
Our research tells us what changes straight men’s attitudes toward gay men and trans people
What might happen if Democrats succeed in expanding voting? California has some answers.
In California, reforms like those in H.R. 1 led to a more involved electorate, higher turnout and more legislators of color being elected to office.
HBO’s new show explores HIV in the 1980s. 40 years later, stigma and prejudice are still going strong.
Our research examines why so few people with HIV hold public office.
Biden will have more women in his Cabinet than any president ever. Other countries still do better.
Most cabinets have a “concrete floor” for gender representation, and rarely go lower. Will Biden raise that floor in the U.S.?
Women of color won congressional seats in record numbers. How will they legislate?
Our research finds that Black and Latina female legislators focus especially on helping low-income communities of color.
Arizona may go for Biden. That took 20 years of grassroots organizing.
My research examines what brought together Latino, immigrant, labor and LGBTQ community organizers into a coalition that gets out votes
Identity politics can help Biden win in November
Appeals for racial equity can motivate Democrats to vote.
Americans overwhelmingly oppose school reopenings, data finds
Black and Latinx Americans are especially worried about reopenings — but are also worried about their children falling behind
Kamala Harris is likely to bring in Indian American voters, this research finds
Indian Americans are especially likely to vote when another Indian American is on the ballot — more so than people of other minority racial or ethnic identities.
The next Congress will probably be the most diverse ever
That’s what my research into the primary races suggests.
What helps non-black people support Black Lives Matter? A signal from someone in their own ethnic group.
Our surveys uncover how this messaging works
Having a woman of color as his running mate could help Joe Biden. This explains how.
Trump will attack him on race. Our research shows that this could help neutralize those attacks.
Trump’s rhetoric does encourage open prejudice and bias. We checked.
When other politicians don’t object, it amplifies that ‘Trump effect’
Treating immigrants like criminals has a long history in the United States
“Crimmigration” started well before the Trump administration.
What young adults think about the economy — and why it matters for 2020
Who’s being left behind?
Pete Buttigieg is the first U.S. presidential candidate in a same-sex marriage. Here are 3 reasons that matters.
Kavin Burkhalter, a volunteer coordinator for Democratic presidential candidate Pete
Here are the issues that will get millennials to the polls in November
What issues would drive young voters to the polls —
California abolished money bail. Here’s why bail opponents aren’t happy.
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How dangerous is it when Trump calls some immigrants ‘animals’?
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This is what millennials think about the NFL protests
Last week, polling data suggested that most Americans think athletes