Why counting vaccinated Americans doesn’t always add up David Lazer - April 7, 2022 The percentages the CDC reports don’t necessarily line up with census data. Here’s why.
Republican senators used racially coded language to question Ketanji Brown Jackson. There’s history to that. Sharon Wright Austin - March 28, 2022 Compare that to the language senators used to grill Constance Baker Motley in 1966, slowing down her confirmation as the first Black female federal judge.
Even after Albright, foreign policy leaders are still mostly men Tiffany Barnes, Diana O'Brien, and Bomi K. Lee - March 28, 2022 Our research explores what happens when women reach high positions
Thousands of Russians are protesting against the war with Ukraine. Putin’s not likely to listen. Hannah Chapman - March 1, 2022 The Kremlin has many tools to repress opposing voices.
The bomb threats against Howard University affect far more than a single university Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, Pearl K. Dowe, Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd, Kelly Richardson, Khalilah L. Brown-Dean, Françoise Cromer, Elsie Scott, and Duchess Harris - February 16, 2022 Historically Black colleges and universities are being attacked as their success becomes more visible
If Russia invades Ukraine, what happens next? David Lake - January 22, 2022 Many Ukrainians wouldn’t favor a pro-Russian leader — but would the U.S. support an anti-Russian insurgency?
Would Americans ever support a coup? 40 percent now say yes. Noam Lupu, Luke Plutowski, and Elizabeth Zechmeister - January 3, 2022 That percentage jumped significantly since 2017 and includes more than half the Republicans we surveyed.
Republicans and Democrats have split over whether to support multiethnic democracy, our research shows Lilliana Mason, Julie Wronski, and John Kane - January 3, 2022 Trump activated what we call a ‘MAGA faction,’ motivated by animus toward marginalized groups
Biden’s court commission is worried about Supreme Court ‘legitimacy.’ So what is ‘legitimacy,’ exactly? Michael J. Nelson - October 21, 2021 How the commission measures this will influence what changes it suggests – or doesn’t.
Fear of ‘terrorism’ shaped U.S. foreign policy after 9/11. Will the U.S. make China the next big obsession? Ronald Krebs - September 11, 2021 An overarching narrative can lead to fewer foreign policy choices.