New voices join Good Authority Kim Yi Dionne and John Sides - February 27, 2025 We welcome nine political scientists to our team of experts in our latest cohort of Good Authority fellows.
Trump is filling his cabinet with billionaires. We’re not surprised. Daniel Krcmaric and Stephen C. Nelson - December 13, 2024 Here’s what our research on billionaires-turned-politicians reveals.
Yale Law School pulled out of the U.S. News rankings. Here’s why. Henry Farrell - November 18, 2022 Law school deans have compared the rankings to a roach infestation and wished that al-Qaeda would target the company
Can young voters help Democrats hold Congress? Matthew Nelsen and Kumar Ramanathan - November 3, 2022 Both Gen Z and millennials are just as motivated to vote as they were in 2018, the GenForward survey found.
How can the U.S. help prevent more political violence? Sophia Pink, Robb Willer, and Joseph Mernyk - November 1, 2022 Our research found two strategies that may help restore general social disapproval of attacks such as the one against Nancy Pelosi’s husband
Afro-Latino politicians could bridge the African American-Latino divide Yalidy Matos, Michelle Bueno Vásquez, and Domingo Morel - October 24, 2022 In the U.S., Dominicans are the Hispanic group with the largest Black population. Many are pressured to identify as either Black or Latino, not both.
Here’s what persuades Americans to support democracy over party Robb Willer and Jan Voelkel - September 12, 2022 Our new study tested 25 different approaches with both Republicans and Democrats. Here are three that made a difference.
Is Russia’s wartime propaganda more powerful than family bonds? Tymofii Brik, Jordan Gans-Morse, and Aaron Erlich - June 19, 2022 A new survey examines the conversations between Ukrainians and their Russian relatives
How the U.S. census ignores Afro-Latinos Michelle Bueno Vásquez - June 2, 2022 Afro-Latinos are the most vulnerable to discrimination, but their official invisibility makes them harder to serve
MAGA was the real winner of the Ohio Republican primary Mia Costa, Zachary Albert, and Raymond J. La Raja - May 12, 2022 Ranked-choice voting alone wouldn’t have significantly changed the result, but non-partisan primaries — like Alaska’s — might.