Americans’ support for transgender rights has declined. Here’s why. Kelsy Burke and Emily Kazyak - November 7, 2022 The culture war over transgender rights is part of a fight over competing notions of gender and sexuality, including issues like abortion and sex education
An international court is investigating possible war crimes in Ukraine. What does that mean, exactly? Courtney Hillebrecht - March 21, 2022 The ICC can investigate Russia even though it’s not a member.
The ICC case against Duterte’s drug war is on hold. That could hurt the court’s authority. Courtney Hillebrecht - December 5, 2021 A new book on backlash politics explains what this means for international justice.
Conservative Christians and anti-porn feminists want to shut down online pornography. That doesn’t make them allies. Nancy Whittier and Kelsy Burke - October 3, 2021 This week, Backpage.com’s owners face a status hearing. But the stakes go beyond what happens in court.
Trump tweeted there’s ‘no infighting’ on U.S. policy on Iran. But does he have all the information? Tyler Jost and Robert Schub - May 18, 2019 Advisers help presidents make informed decisions — usually
The Republican tax bill spurred more than 120 public protests in November Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - December 29, 2017 This is the 11th installment in a monthly series reporting
How people’s sensitivity to threats illuminates the rise of Donald Trump John Hibbing - December 23, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49426" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Donald Trump, speaking aboard the World
Women’s rights groups in Niger push forward on gender equality Kim Yi Dionne - June 24, 2016 [caption id="attachment_42685" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A woman prepares to cast her
A surprising number of Americans dislike how messy democracy is. They like Trump. John Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse - May 2, 2016 [caption id="attachment_39913" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks
Twenty years after the most important U.N. conference on women, what – if anything – has changed? Aili Tripp - September 25, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29835" align="aligncenter" width="908"] In this 1995 file photo, a
Guess who used to be okay with the death penalty? Andrew Gelman - September 20, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29629" align="aligncenter" width="982"] FILE - Nebraska's lethal injection chamber