Like Breonna Taylor, Black women are often killed in private — even when it’s by police Shatema Threadcraft - March 21, 2022 Police and prison violence against Black women can be seen as an extension of intimate partner violence
The media loves ‘missing White women.’ Black women are already missing from public view. Julia S. Jordan-Zachery - October 13, 2021 With the latest nationwide news about Gabby Petito, Black women’s expulsion from full citizenship becomes even starker.
How Black Lives Matter demands accountability on Twitter — and when it works Rosa Castillo Krewson and Lorita Copeland Daniels - July 28, 2021 Twitter offers a new way to apply collective pressure toward social change
White Republicans and White Democrats are moving farther apart on race. Or is that just an education gap? Scott Harris - July 21, 2021 To find out, I looked at six ways to measure White attitudes on race — and how those influenced their votes.
After this summer’s protests, Americans think differently about race. That could last for generations. Sam Winter-Levy and Bryan Schonfeld - October 11, 2020 A rich body of research finds major events can create sustained changes in attitudes
How do newspapers cover racial and religious minorities? Here’s the data. Joshua Tucker - October 2, 2020 Notably, coverage of Muslims was markedly negative in 2019.
Research shows just how much more power White voters wield in local politics Raymond J. La Raja, Jesse H. Rhodes, and Brian F. Schaffner - September 2, 2020 That’s true even when Blacks and Latinos are in the majority
Black people have protested police killings for years. Here’s why officials are finally responding. LaGina Gause - June 12, 2020 People are risking more to protest during a pandemic. That matters.
A new controversy erupts over whether voter identification laws suppress minority turnout Andrew Gelman - June 11, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/the-two-sides-to-the-voter-id-law-debate/2016/06/09/bd572426-27fa-11e6-8329-6104954928d2_video.html It makes sense to think that voter identification laws
Poor people die younger in the U.S. That skews American politics. Javier Rodriguez and Cristian Capotescu - May 31, 2018 [caption id="attachment_73953" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A pedestrian passes a polling station
Everyone agrees that McCain is a hero. That’s exceptional in our era. Krista Jenkins and Bruce Peabody - July 24, 2017 [caption id="attachment_61334" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) arrives at
In Trump’s America, who’s protesting and why? Here’s our March report. Stephen Zunes, Jeremy Pressman, Erica Chenoweth, David Prater, and Ches Thurber - April 24, 2017 [caption id="attachment_57188" align="alignnone" width="960"] Clarissa Horsfall joins in “A Day
Is it possible to have populism without racism? Benjamin McKean - May 18, 2016 [caption id="attachment_40669" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary
Why are Americans so angry this election season? Here’s new research that helps explain it. Lilliana Mason - March 10, 2016 [caption id="attachment_37059" align="aligncenter" width="662"] A man holds a photo of
Wait! Wait! Don’t Enter Your Office Pool ‘Til You’ve Read This… - March 18, 2009 Help is on the way from, of all places, the