On Twitter, Trump is more popular than Jesus Nick Rogers and Jason J. Jones - March 10, 2021 Twitter users’ bios suggest they now identify more with politics than religion
The U.S. banned Xinjiang cotton imports because of forced labor. Textile workers face abuses in other countries, too. Emmanuel Teitelbaum and Aparna Ravi - February 9, 2021 Consumers play a role in improving labor standards within the global fashion industry
Biden is pursuing a pathway to citizenship. He will face two key challenges. Romelia M. Solano - January 29, 2021 One challenge: inclusion of immigrants who don’t fit prevailing norms of deservingness.
Biden reverses Trump’s ‘Muslim ban.’ Americans support the decision. Nazita Lajevardi, Loren Collingwood, and Kassra AR Oskooii - January 26, 2021 In 2017, rallies and protests persuaded a big proportion of citizens that the ban was ‘un-American'
Biden ended the Muslim travel ban. A much tougher problem persists. Brian Calfano, Nazita Lajevardi, and Melissa R. Michelson - January 26, 2021 American Muslims continue to face bias, even when they uphold democratic ideals
Biden just changed immigration policy. That doesn’t mean you should expect a new wave of immigration. Margaret E. Peters - January 21, 2021 Potential migrants consider many things when deciding whether to leave home. The Biden administration is targeting them with relevant information.
The assault on the U.S. Capitol opens a new chapter in domestic terrorism Daniel Byman - January 14, 2021 The counterterrorism manual doesn’t cover an insurrection egged on by one party’s leaders.
Kamala Harris will be vice president. Expect Indian Americans to get more involved in politics. Sara Sadhwani and Maneesh Arora - January 3, 2021 Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris participates in a security meeting
Netflix has India’s ruling party outraged about a ‘love jihad’ plot. What is love jihad? Laura Dudley Jenkins - December 30, 2020 This conspiracy theory functions much as did the ‘anti-Sharia’ laws passed in U.S. states, demonizing and legitimizing antagonism toward Muslims
Some good news from 2020: So far, very few Americans have been killed in terrorist attacks. Daniel Byman - December 21, 2020 Despite alarming headlines, domestic terror attacks left fewer Americans dead than in 2019