Why Republicans are attacking Disney for ‘grooming’ on LGBTQ rights Michael Feola - May 5, 2022 The ‘new right’ believes that to win in politics, it first has to break what it sees as the left’s stranglehold on the culture
Why aren’t Americans rallying around Biden during a war? Peter Enns and Douglas Kriner - April 4, 2022 Encouraged by some of their leaders, more Republicans disapprove of Biden than Democrats disapprove of Trump.
Texas isn’t the only state denying essential medical care to trans youths. Here’s what’s going on. Isaac Sederbaum and Elizabeth Sharrow - March 9, 2022 Conservatives are increasingly imposing government control over sexuality and gender
Twitter banned Marjorie Taylor Greene. That may not hurt her much. Megan A. Brown and Maggie Macdonald - January 13, 2022 She’s gaining followers and ‘likes’ on other social media platforms, our research finds
Here’s how Republican and Democratic party leaders reward the faithful and punish wayward members SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor - December 13, 2021 Watch what they give, not what they say.
How to decode the party politics that led to Rep. Gosar’s censure Michele Swers - November 22, 2021 Mostly Democrats voted to censure him for tweeting an animated video of an attack on Ocasio-Cortez. Republicans promise payback.
Why Liz Cheney didn’t survive the second effort to oust her from leadership Matthew Green - May 12, 2021 As Cheney grows more defiant, the GOP congressional caucus moves closer to Trump.
Republican women are becoming key party messengers. Here’s how it happened. Catherine Wineinger - February 15, 2021 Just ask Reps. Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene, now standing for the GOP’s two opposing poles
Why Republicans haven’t abandoned Trumpism Pippa Norris - February 8, 2021 Parties can and do change. But these four barriers stand between the Republican Party and moderation.
Twitter put warning labels on hundreds of thousands of tweets. Our research examined which worked best. Megan A. Brown, Zeve Sanderson, Jonathan Nagler, Richard Bonneau, and Joshua Tucker - December 8, 2020 Without a hard block, tweets continue to spread — especially tweets by President Trump