Biden will pardon federal marijuana offenses. What will the states do?
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Protesting for reproductive rights on International Women’s Day? Here are some lessons from the Women’s March.
Here’s what my research found
Why do some U.S. mayors want more refugees?
Studies find that refugees pay back more than they’re given and that they revitalize abandoned neighborhoods
Some good news from 2020: So far, very few Americans have been killed in terrorist attacks.
Despite alarming headlines, domestic terror attacks left fewer Americans dead than in 2019
The Paris agreement survived the Trump administration. What happens now?
World leaders meet this weekend to discuss how to turn promises into action
Biden’s win shows that suburbs are the new swing constituency
The urban-rural divide is reshaping American politics
The Floyd protests are the broadest in U.S. history — and are spreading to white, small-town America
That will influence the election — and future policy.
The U.S. hasn’t signed the world’s foremost women’s rights treaty. Activists have gotten local versions passed instead.
These aren’t just symbolic laws. They affect women’s lives.
Would a ‘not guilty’ impeachment verdict help Trump?
It didn’t help Bill Clinton
Did El Paso show us that white supremacists are a serious threat? Few Republicans think so.
Republicans see the news media as a much greater threat than white supremacists.
Terrorism does increase with immigration — but only homegrown, right-wing terrorism
That includes the attacker who killed German politician Walter Lübcke for his pro-refugee policies, the Christchurch mosque shooting, and more
Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes
There is suggestive evidence that Trump’s rhetoric matters.
Trump says Hoda Muthana can’t come back to the U.S. after leaving to join the Islamic State. Should we think of her as a child soldier?
Women who are ex-combatants get treated differently from those who are men.
The 2019 Women’s March was bigger than you think
After two years of counting political crowds in the United
Dystopian fiction makes people more willing to justify political violence. Should you worry?
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The daily use of Gab is climbing. Which talker might become as violent as the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman?
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3 ways to look at August’s protests — and 2 charts showing all protests since January 2017
[caption id="attachment_80051" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Nia Evans of the National Women's
Should Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect, be called a terrorist?
[caption id="attachment_79683" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People embrace in front of a
What political science can tell us about mass shootings
[caption id="attachment_79520" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Pittsburgh Steelers logo with one
Are states, cities and companies taking the lead on climate action?
[caption id="attachment_77832" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Crowds march up Market Street during
Millions of protesters turned out in June — more than in any month since Trump’s inauguration.
This is the 17th installment in a monthly series reporting
We gathered data on every confirmed, line-of-duty police killing of a civilian in 2014 and 2015. Here’s what we found.
[caption id="attachment_77172" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In June, demonstrators protest the fatal
Tens of thousands of people protested in April and May — on topics like gun violence, labor rights and science
[caption id="attachment_76231" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Emmy Adams, of Golden, Colo., joins
A new poll shows how younger women could help drive a Democratic wave in 2018
[caption id="attachment_69801" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Pittsburgh high school students Mia Arrington,
Pennsylvania has to draw new congressional districts, but getting rid of gerrymandering will be harder than you think.
[caption id="attachment_64714" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (David Goldman/AP)[/caption] On Monday, the U.S.
U.S. cities and states want to implement the Paris climate accord goals. It’s not that simple.
[caption id="attachment_59770" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Solar panels cover a rooftop at
Despite Trump, many cities and states are fighting climate change. Including Pittsburgh.
[caption id="attachment_59367" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Demonstrators protest President Trump's decision to
Most Americans support government regulation to fight climate change. Including in Pittsburgh.
[caption id="attachment_59297" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Protesters gather outside the White House
Note to Donald Trump: This is why you can’t run government like a business
[caption id="attachment_48226" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during
Will the Cleveland convention help Trump win Ohio? Probably not.
[caption id="attachment_43710" align="aligncenter" width="960"] CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 11: Windows
This is what Trump and Sanders get wrong about free trade
[caption id="attachment_40569" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Protesters in Tokyo rally against the
Introducing VoxUkraine
[caption id="attachment_15384" align="aligncenter" width="227"] http://voxukraine.blogspot.com/[/caption] With so many in the
Poe’s Law in action
Tom Edsall sends along this press release (not written by
Poe's Law in action
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