Local officials face four kinds of threats. And they’re escalating. Alexandra Filindra - November 7, 2022 Officials from both parties are being threatened and even assaulted. That’s hurting democracy.
Some activists lean on ‘motherhood’ for authority in gun law debates Kaylin Bourdon - June 30, 2022 But they can come to opposite conclusions about whether mothers want more gun regulation or more guns
The ‘massacre generation’ believes government can prevent mass shootings Alexandra Middlewood and Abigail Vegter - June 7, 2022 Our research found a sharp shift in young people’s attitudes from 2012 onward
Three reasons Congress is still unlikely to pass new gun laws Sarah Binder - May 26, 2022 Here’s why even the deadliest school shooting in a decade probably won’t prompt much change
Rep. Boebert labels Rep. Omar a jihadist. Why don’t GOP leaders condemn the slur? Maneesh Arora - December 6, 2021 Many Republican voters endorse anti-Muslim sentiments, my research finds
Supreme Court justices sounded suspicious of New York’s gun law. Here’s what might come next. Jake Charles - November 4, 2021 Will the court listen to empirical evidence about safety, or just strike down any regulations that didn’t exist in the 18th century?
Three reasons the U.S. hasn’t passed more gun regulations (and one reason this time might be different). Eulalie Laschever and David Meyer - May 6, 2021 The NRA is in free fall.
The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a Second Amendment case. That’s bad news for gun regulation advocates. Amanda Hollis-Brusky - April 27, 2021 But if its decision goes too far, the Supreme Court might be handing ammunition to liberals who want to overhaul the court.
For racially biased conservative Whites, owning a gun is just part of being a good citizen Beyza Buyuker and Alexandra Filindra - March 28, 2021 They see gun regulations as attacks on their patriotism and moral superiority
Democratic presidents have traditionally hurt their parties. Joe Biden may be different. Josh Vincent and Daniel Galvin - January 20, 2021 Will he invest in building up a strong Democratic Party?
The Chemical Brothers, ‘Dissolve’: The Week In One Song Christopher Federico - August 7, 2020 A legal move to dissolve the NRA.
There’s a reason the NRA is a key ‘surrogate’ for the Republican Party Henry Farrell - August 7, 2020 The NRA stokes outrage that gives cover to unpopular economic policies
In the Trump era, campus conservative groups are fighting one another Jeffrey L. Kidder and Amy J. Binder - February 19, 2020 From the Young Republicans to the ‘Groypers,’ college conservatives keep edging further and more provocatively to the right.
Conservatives remade American state politics. Here’s how they did it. Henry Farrell - August 29, 2019 It’s relatively easy and cheap to influence underfunded American state legislatures.
No, Congress won’t pass gun background checks ‘like we’ve never had before.’ Here’s why. Sarah Binder - August 23, 2019 Who’s got the hot potato now?
Why Trump’s new Commission on Unalienable Rights is likely to upset the human rights community Clifford Bob - June 5, 2019 Here’s the problem: Any group with any ideology can use the resonant language of rights to push its own agenda.
Trump is at the NRA today. It didn’t used to be a Republican ally. Matthew Lacombe - April 25, 2019 The organization was nonpartisan before the 1970s. What happened?
How SPLC’s co-founder Morris Dees and the conservative Richard Viguerie changed American politics Daniel Schlozman - April 2, 2019 What do they have in common — besides the fact that both worked for George Wallace?
One year after the Parkland shooting, is the #NeverAgain movement on track to succeed? David Meyer - February 14, 2019 One year ago, a teenage gunman armed with an semiautomatic
The daily use of Gab is climbing. Which talker might become as violent as the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman? Siddharth Krishnan, Shannon Reid, Matthew Phillips, Matthew Valasik, and Arunkumar Bagavathi - November 29, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80781" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A makeshift memorial outside Tree of
Which Americans support the Second Amendment? The answer depends on whether whites or blacks have the guns. Logan Strother and Daniel Bennett - November 24, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80531" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Fox News host Laura Ingraham supported
What political science can tell us about mass shootings E.J. Graff - October 29, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79520" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Pittsburgh Steelers logo with one
The McCain eulogies fit a long, classic tradition of political funeral orations Lucy Williams - September 4, 2018 [caption id="attachment_77361" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Meghan McCain eulogizes her father, senator
The Trump administration wants to make it easier to sell U.S. guns abroad. Here’s what you need to know. Susan Waltz - June 4, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74019" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Semiautomatic AR-15s are for sale at
Americans vastly overestimate the number of gun owners Mark Joslyn and Don Haider-Markel - May 7, 2018 [caption id="attachment_73028" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Gun enthusiasts inspect Remington shotguns during
The NRA sees a bleak Hobbesian world. So why does it want to arm individuals with guns? Ryan Reed and Christopher Hallenbrook - April 19, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72430" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Anti-NRA signs are passed out during
Did you attend the March for Our Lives? Here’s what it looked like nationwide. Kanisha Bond, Jeremy Pressman, and Erica Chenoweth - April 13, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72172" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Emma González, a survivor of the
Gun control laws could work, even if they’re hard to enforce Henry Farrell - March 24, 2018 [caption id="attachment_71400" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Mandatory Credit: Photo by CRISTOBAL HERRERA/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
Yes, the Parkland kids could change U.S. gun policy. Here’s what it would take. Erin Mayo-Adam - March 15, 2018 Could the nascent post-Parkland movement against gun violence — led
New poll: Most teenagers and adults think arming teachers is dangerous, favor minimum age for buying assault rifles John Sides - March 9, 2018 In the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla.,
The 13th Floor Elevators, ‘Reverberation’: The Week In One Song Christopher Federico - March 2, 2018 The Parkland, Fla., massacre continues to reverberate, as multiple companies
Brazil’s federal intervention in Rio’s drug wars has an authoritarian feel — and could backfire Benjamin Lessing - March 2, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69983" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Brazilian President Michel Temer signed an
Here’s why #BoycottTheNRA worked so quickly Jennifer Oetzel and Jason Miklian - February 28, 2018 After the tragic Valentine’s Day shooting of 17 people at
Three reasons you should expect congressional gridlock on gun control Sarah Binder - February 27, 2018 Since the February 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., Marjory
This is how the NRA ‘politically weaponized’ its membership Matthew Lacombe - February 23, 2018 Editor's note: In the aftermath of the Feb. 14, 2018
Why is it so hard to regulate guns — even though gun regulation is so popular? Benjamin Bishin - February 16, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69345" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Students Kelsey Friend and David Hogg
Lots of Republicans actually support gun control Steven Miller - October 3, 2017 [caption id="attachment_64407" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The scene in front of the
Gun ownership used to be bipartisan. Not anymore. Mark Joslyn and Don Haider-Markel - May 9, 2017 [caption id="attachment_58017" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump speaks during the National
Three reasons why nominating Sri Srinivasan for the Supreme Court could change U.S. elections Sono Shah and Karthick Ramakrishnan - March 14, 2016 President Obama seems to be making good his pledge to
Here’s what we learned from Twitter about the last Democratic debate Joshua Tucker, Jonathan Nagler, and Andy Guess - November 14, 2015 [caption id="attachment_32209" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Workers stand at the podiums on
How news coverage of violent rampages stigmatizes people with mental illness Stephanie Parent and Denver Mcneney - October 5, 2015 [caption id="attachment_30281" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] This undated photo from a MySpace
You can print your own guns at home. Next it will be nuclear weapons. Really. James Gilley and Daniel Tirone - September 7, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29190" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] An undated image released by Defense
Two years after Sandy Hook, the gun control movement has new energy Kristin Goss - December 16, 2014 [caption id="attachment_19119" align="alignnone" width="620"] Mementos for 20 students and six
Robert Strauss is dead, but political parties are alive and well David Karol - March 21, 2014 The New York Times uses the passing of Washington super-lawyer
Why Do Gun Rights Advocates Have More Political Firepower? Intensity or Efficacy and Social Networks? David Karol - April 22, 2013 Now that the manhunt in Boston has ended, observers are
How Activists Misrepresent the Groups They Purport to Speak For John Sides - March 26, 2013 A couple months ago, I noted some important differences among
More Evidence that People are Still Talking about Gun Control Joshua Tucker - January 31, 2013 Apropos of John's post from earlier in the week, here's
Guns Owners vs. Gun Owners in the NRA John Sides - December 24, 2012 Here is my latest post at Wonkbog. I am delayed
Tweeting Tragedy: A First Look at Newtown Related Hashtags on Twitter Joshua Tucker - December 18, 2012 One of the ways people have responded to the horrors
What If the Democrats Had Passed an Assault Weapons Ban in 2009-2010? John Sides - December 18, 2012 Via email, Pat Egan emails his thoughts on that counterfactual
Why The Second Amendment Rulings May Make a Ban on Assault Weapons More Likely Erik Voeten - December 15, 2012 In the aftermath of yesterday's tragedy, several experts argue that
On the Political Power of the Gun Rights and Gun Control Lobbies John Sides - December 15, 2012 Here are some relevant studies. Here is a 2006 overview
A Foolish Consistency? David Karol - May 17, 2012 Prominent journalist Marc Ambinder is leaving Washington for Los Angeles.
Mischaracterizing FDR to Indict Obama John Sides - August 8, 2011 Part of Drew Westen's piece suggested that Obama should have
The Challenge for Gun Control Advocates John Sides - June 29, 2011 Howard Schuman asks: bq. Why is it that public opinion
A Hypothesis about the Effect of Citizens United John Sides - February 16, 2010 From a grad student in our department who used to
Are Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh Part of the GOP? John Sides - October 2, 2009 bq. Only in America can you make that much money