What Feinstein’s trailblazing career taught us Nadia E. Brown - October 2, 2023 She changed politics – and political science.
The remarkable rise of isolationist Republicans Michael Tesler - September 20, 2023 Trump’s rise has turned back the clock to the 1930s.
Have we passed peak MAGA? Nick Rogers and Jason J. Jones - December 8, 2022 Data from Twitter bios suggests many of Trump’s biggest fans are backing away
Americans supported Jackson. Why didn’t more Republican senators? Sarah Binder - April 8, 2022 Partisan fights have become the norm in Supreme Court nominations
Why did Sen. Graham grill Ketanji Brown Jackson about her religious faith? Matthew Dahl - March 24, 2022 Research suggests that religion doesn’t influence judges’ decisions.
Biden called Putin a ‘war criminal.’ That’s risky. Daniel Krcmaric and Alexander Downes - March 24, 2022 Here’s the downside to prosecuting former leaders
Why aren’t there more Black female judges on the federal bench? Gbemende Johnson - February 22, 2022 Biden has nominated more than ever — but Black women face many obstacles in legal careers
McConnell wants the impeachment trial to be about Congress’s authority — not about loyalty to Trump Jeffery Jenkins and Eric Patashnik - January 24, 2021 Let’s look closely at what words he used to blame the former president for provoking the Capitol attack.
Today’s election denialism and violence has a dark echo in the Jim Crow South Kimberley S. Johnson - January 14, 2021 As in 1877, the U.S. has to decide whether it wants to be a multi-racial democracy
These 3 graphs explain why more House Republicans did not support impeachment Michael Tesler - January 13, 2021 Popularity of Mike Pence and Mitch McConnell has nosedived among Republicans since they certified Joe Biden’s victory