When lobbyists and legislators socialize, lobbyists are more likely to get what they want Sara Sadhwani, Pamela Lopez, Christian Grose, and Antoine Yoshinaka - January 12, 2022 Researchers may be right to follow the money. But they may also want to follow legislators and lobbyists’ more relaxed time together.
Biden promises to fight transnational corruption. But will the U.S. target friends as well as foes? Mieczysław P. Boduszyński and Victor Peskin - December 20, 2021 Washington tends to avoid confronting allies, this research shows.
U.S. census racial categories have shifted over centuries. How will the jump in multiracials affect politics? Sara Sadhwani and Danielle Casarez Lemi - September 22, 2021 It’s been a long road from “three-fifths” to “mulatto” to “multiracial”
The new census numbers kicked off redistricting. That’s even more complicated than you may realize. Sara Sadhwani, Rowan McGarry-Williams, Noah Kim, and Deanna Han - August 24, 2021 Here are four things to know.
Tokyo wants to upgrade Japan’s defense capacity. A demographic crisis could get in the way. Tom Le - July 29, 2021 Recruiting military personnel has become increasingly difficult as the population ages
What might happen if Democrats succeed in expanding voting? California has some answers. Sara Sadhwani - March 16, 2021 In California, reforms like those in H.R. 1 led to a more involved electorate, higher turnout and more legislators of color being elected to office.
Media coverage of Tiger Woods’s accident shows that Americans don’t see athletes as fully human Tom Le and Gabrielle Herzig - March 7, 2021 “Can he still win?” is a question about a product, not a person.
Kamala Harris will be vice president. Expect Indian Americans to get more involved in politics. Sara Sadhwani and Maneesh Arora - January 3, 2021 Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris participates in a security meeting
How the Christian right helped get Amy Coney Barrett nominated to the Supreme Court Henry Farrell - October 15, 2020 A Q&A with the authors of the new book “Separate But Faithful: The Christian Right’s Radical Struggle to Transform Law and Legal Culture.”
Kamala Harris is likely to bring in Indian American voters, this research finds Sara Sadhwani - August 14, 2020 Indian Americans are especially likely to vote when another Indian American is on the ballot — more so than people of other minority racial or ethnic identities.