North Dakota Archives

How Native women in state legislatures are changing politics

Nadia E. Brown and Elise Blasingame - November 30, 2023

From tribal sovereignty to missing and murdered Indigenous women, they’re responding to Native concerns.

Paying for the green transition

Henry Farrell and Mark Blyth - November 27, 2023

If Trump and the Republicans win, it may be the end of the green transition in the U.S., argues Mark Blyth.

This is the most important election of your lifetime. Or is it?

Curtis Bram - October 28, 2022

If you think the election will make a big difference, you’re 30 percent more likely to vote than if you do not, my research finds

How to make voter registration both accurate and easy

Toby James and Holly Garnett - September 22, 2022

Our research on 156 countries finds that automatic registration tends to be more accurate

Most Republicans ignored constituents’ opinions on marriage equality

Andrew R. Flores - August 15, 2022

In roughly 90 percent of U.S. congressional districts, a majority support marriage rights for same-sex couples, my research finds. So why didn’t more Republicans vote in favor?

Conservative Republican women have led the fight to restrict abortion

Rebecca J. Kreitzer, Emily U. Schilling, and Abigail A. Matthews - September 9, 2021

Democrats like to say Republicans are waging a ‘war on women.’ That erases the conservative Republican women who have been working to ban abortion.

Biden reversed Trump ban on transgender people serving in military. Expect backlash in states.

Zein Murib - February 2, 2021

More than 20 bills restricting transgender freedoms have already been introduced.

Here’s the problem Biden faces if he picks current lawmakers for his Cabinet.

Jonathan Spiegler, Jacob Smith, and Aidan Floyd - December 1, 2020

Let’s count the ways to lose control of a House, Senate or governor’s seat.

The politics of D.C. statehood follow a well-worn path. Here’s why.

Paul Frymer - July 6, 2020

Race also featured in past statehood debates

The price of oil was actually negative last week. What happens next?

Stephen Paduano - April 28, 2020

Cheap oil is causing pain from Texas to Nigeria.