Can Senate Democrats pass Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package? Ask the parliamentarian. Nikita Lalwani / Managing Editor - February 17, 2021 With an extremely narrow majority in the Senate, Democrats are
How can you change minds on hot-button political issues? Here’s what these scholars found. Nikita Lalwani - July 16, 2020 For every 100 conversations, five individuals’ attitudes shifted
Think racial segregation is over? Here’s how the police still enforce it. Nikita Lalwani and Mitchell Johnston - June 29, 2020 We interviewed Monica Bell about her important new paper
What happens when a police officer gets fired? Very often another police agency hires them. Nikita Lalwani and Mitchell Johnston - June 16, 2020 Three percent of cops working in Florida were previously fired by a different police agency
Junk television promoted populist politics long before Fox News and Trump Nikita Lalwani - July 16, 2019 Kids and old people were more likely to vote for a notorious Italian populist when they were fed a diet of entertainment television.
When is nationalism a good thing? When it unites an ethnically diverse citizenry Sam Winter-Levy and Nikita Lalwani - June 26, 2018 In his new book, “Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together
Here’s why terrorist suicide attacks are increasing: They attract rewards from ISIS and al-Qaeda Sam Winter-Levy and Nikita Lalwani - August 16, 2016 [caption id="attachment_45332" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Iraqi rescue workers inspect damages after
Europeans might be willing to take refugees — but only if they help the economy Sam Winter-Levy and Nikita Lalwani - May 17, 2016 [caption id="attachment_40696" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Children play in a makeshift refugee
People think that economic sanctions hurt Putin and helped undermine apartheid in South Africa. They’re wrong. Sam Winter-Levy and Nikita Lalwani - May 6, 2016 [caption id="attachment_39938" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Russia's Bank Rossiya has been targeted
Europe’s asylum system serves neither the refugees nor the countries. Here’s a new way of thinking about it. Sam Winter-Levy and Nikita Lalwani - April 4, 2016 [caption id="attachment_38447" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Refugees and migrants take part in