This Labor Day comes amid the biggest jump in union activity in decades Judith Stepan-Norris and Jasmine Kerrissey - September 2, 2022 Here’s what’s different from the past 40 years — and what’s the same.
For Democrats, trying to slow climate change is good politics Nives Dolšak, Meagan Carmack, and Aseem Prakash - July 14, 2022 Our research suggests that co-sponsoring the Green New Deal helped in the 2020 elections. Could it boost incumbents’ votes in the 2022 midterms as well?
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”
Americans want police to release body-cam footage. But there’s a bigger worry. Étienne Charbonneau and Daniel E. Bromberg - May 5, 2021 Without disclosure requirements, police body cameras might simply expand surveillance without oversight.
It’s World Water Day. Here’s why democracies do better at delivering water equally to all. Sijeong Lim and Aseem Prakash - March 21, 2021 Climate change is boosting the demand for clean water around the world.
The Trump years launched the biggest sustained protest movement in U.S. history. It’s not over. Tommy Leung, Nathan Perkins, Jeremy Pressman, Jay Ulfelder, and Erica Chenoweth - February 7, 2021 Here’s what we learned by counting the protests during the past four years
Pete Buttigieg may not know this yet: Rail transportation funding is a racial equity issue. Sarah Reckhow, Kate Lowe, and Andrea Benjamin - January 31, 2021 Transit projects serving Black and low-income communities get canceled. Projects serving White communities go forward. The reason isn’t obvious.
China’s covid-19 stimulus plan isn’t as green as it looks Nives Dolšak, Hanjie Wang, and Aseem Prakash - August 3, 2020 Jobs and social stability will probably become Beijing’s higher policy priorities
What’s happening in Portland could hurt civilian control of the military. Here’s how. Lindsay P. Cohn, David T. Burbach, and Danielle Lupton - July 28, 2020 Blurring the line between police and military could create an internal security force accountable to only one political branch or official.
In Portland and beyond, city and national leaders respond very differently to protests. This explains why. Thomas Ogorzalek - July 26, 2020 City leaders want to keep their denser geographies peaceful and productive. Rural and national leaders, not so much.