The Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol hurt the Republican Party, new research finds Peter Thisted Dinesen, Gregory Eady, and Frederik Hjorth - July 16, 2021 We found a sharp and persistent drop in Twitter users identifying as Republicans.
Under the Insurrection Act of 1807, here’s what a U.S. president can and cannot do Steve Vladeck - June 19, 2020 Invoking this statute to deploy the U.S. military would raise constitutional questions
Black people have protested police killings for years. Here’s why officials are finally responding. LaGina Gause - June 12, 2020 People are risking more to protest during a pandemic. That matters.
Obama is right. The Floyd protests will change public policy. Daniel Q. Gillion - June 9, 2020 Protests from the 1960s civil rights movement to the 1991 Los Angeles riots changed policies, my research finds
U.S. officials are talking about urban warfare. Here’s what urban warfare really involves. Margarita Konaev and Kirstin J.H. Brathwaite - June 4, 2020 How do you ‘mass and dominate the battlespace’ in a U.S. city?
Is Trump hurting the military? Elizabeth N. Saunders - June 2, 2020 Using the military as a political prop may have these three consequences.
Will the violent ‘yellow vest’ protests backfire? Not necessarily, our research finds. Ryan Enos, Melissa Sands, and Aaron Kaufman - December 11, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81407" align="alignleft" width="960"] Riot police water canons sprayed at yellow
Democrats increasingly think the Confederate flag is racist. Republicans don’t. Michael Tesler - July 9, 2015 Despite bipartisan support from South Carolina lawmakers to remove the
Democrats increasingly think the Confederate flag is racist. Republicans don’t. Michael Tesler - July 9, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27249" align="alignnone" width="620" class="align center"] Demonstrators protest at the
Demilitarizing the police is not an option. What is? Erica Marat - August 21, 2014 [caption id="attachment_14757" align="alignnone" width="620"] A demonstrator, who declined to give