States are still trying to ban trans youths from sports. Here’s what you need to know. Elizabeth Sharrow, Jaime Schultz, Lindsay Parks Pieper, Anna Baeth, and Danne Diamond - April 10, 2024 State legislators have proposed dozens of bills targeting trans children. What’s at stake?
Republican attacks on LGBTQ lives may have helped elect Democrats Andrew R. Flores - December 16, 2022 On abortion and LGBTQ issues, the U.S. is increasingly dividing into two nations: one that restricts and one that protects autonomy on sexuality and gender
Looking for bingeworthy TV about politics? Here you go. Seth Masket - December 13, 2022 Here’s one political scientist’s list of the best and the worst. Tell us yours!
What will the midterms look like now that more than 7 percent of Americans identify as LGBT? R.G. Cravens, III - February 23, 2022 A wave of anti-LGBT bills may motivate political activism
Elite private universities got much wealthier while most schools fell behind. My research found out why. Charlie Eaton - October 28, 2021 Insiders helped out insiders, and the rich got richer
Why Somalia won its claim to a disputed maritime zone in the Indian Ocean Bridget Coggins - October 19, 2021 Kenya also claimed this area, and had parceled out oil and gas exploration rights
South Dakota’s wealth is in finance. South Dakotans still think it’s in farming. Filip Viskupič and David Wiltse - October 14, 2021 More people may work in agriculture — but the Pandora Papers revealed that the state has become an international financial haven
Conservative Republican women have led the fight to restrict abortion Rebecca J. Kreitzer, Emily U. Schilling, and Abigail A. Matthews - September 9, 2021 Democrats like to say Republicans are waging a ‘war on women.’ That erases the conservative Republican women who have been working to ban abortion.
Five states ban transgender girls from girls’ school sports. But segregating sports by sex hurts all girls. Elizabeth Sharrow - April 16, 2021 When Title IX first segregated school sports into girls’ and boys’ teams, it was meant to be temporary.
As Georgia’s new law shows, when Black people gain local power, states strip that power away. Domingo Morel - March 31, 2021 Think of Michigan officials taking over Flint’s water supply
A new kind of anti-trans legislation is hitting the red states Zein Murib - February 25, 2020 Here’s the new target, after ‘bathroom bills’ failed and marriage equality won
How SPLC’s co-founder Morris Dees and the conservative Richard Viguerie changed American politics Daniel Schlozman - April 2, 2019 What do they have in common — besides the fact that both worked for George Wallace?
In July, the Trump-era wave of protests started taking a back seat to campaign rallies Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - October 19, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79083" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump arrives to cheers at
What keeps Native Americans from voting – and what could change this Melissa Rogers and Jean Schroedel - October 18, 2018 Voter requirements for IDs with street addresses would pose a further challenge.
The Equal Rights Amendment is one state from ratification. Now what? Robinson Woodward-Burns - June 20, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74733" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Activists from a variety of women’s
No, term limits won’t #DrainTheSwamp. We did the research. Jordan Butcher and Aaron Kushner - May 8, 2018 [caption id="attachment_71234" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (AP)[/caption] On April 30, President Trump
Who counted the votes in Russia? We checked. Roman Sverdan and Nazar Boyko - March 23, 2018 [caption id="attachment_71247" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A voter leaves a polling station
The U.S. elected fewer openly LGBT legislators this cycle than last. Again. Charles Gossett and Andrew Reynolds - November 11, 2016 A rainbow flag blows during a demonstration in Berlin.
Most death penalty sentences are overturned. Here's why that matters. John Sides - March 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22778" align="alignnone" width="620"] This Feb. 29, 2000, photo shows
Most death penalty sentences are overturned. Here’s why that matters. - March 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22778" align="alignnone" width="620"] This Feb. 29, 2000, photo shows
Why people vote Republican but support liberal policies Lilliana Mason - November 21, 2014 [caption id="attachment_18343" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan
How well could we have forecast the midterm election without polls? John Sides - November 14, 2014 One issue that animated some conversation during the 2014 campaign
The 2014 midterm election fundamentals (in 4 graphs) John Sides - November 3, 2014 There is a strong consensus among the election forecasting models:
Why do Asian Americans mostly vote for Democrats? Andrew Gelman - March 19, 2014 Political scientists Alexander Kuo, Neil Malhotra and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo
Politico mocks and then agrees with our Senate forecast John Sides - February 7, 2014 Friday's "Playbook" features some commentary on our Senate forecasting model,
What Max Baucus's departure means for the Montana Senate race John Sides - December 19, 2013 [caption id="attachment_4286" align="aligncenter" width="600" special=""] (Haraz N. Ghanbari — Associated
Public Opinion and the Senate Votes on Gun Control John Sides - April 18, 2013 Brian Schaffner sends this graph and commentary: The Senate
Why aren’t Asians Republicans? For one thing, more than half of them live in California, New York, New Jersey, and Hawaii Andrew Gelman - November 27, 2012 Conservative data cruncher Charles Murray asks, "Why aren’t Asians Republicans?":
The Feminine Face of the GOP John Sides - September 28, 2012 Among Republicans, but not Democrats,women were more feminine than men
How Conservative Are GOP Women in the House? John Sides - June 21, 2011 In this Politico story on Republican women in the House,
Time to Say Goodbye: Sigelman Memorial Service Video - February 25, 2010 In spite of a storm that would prove to be
The Best Review Lee Ever Got John Sides - February 9, 2010 bq. One day in 1997, Lee walked into the room
Three Things I Learned about Lee John Sides - February 8, 2010 As Henry mentioned, Lee's memorial service was on Friday. I
Lee’s Pink Spandex Shorts, Among Other Things John Sides - December 28, 2009 This is my last post on Lee, at least for
Lee as a Mentor and a Person Stubbornly Wrong about Lubbock John Sides - December 23, 2009 My colleague Eric Lawrence sends along this remembrance: bq. Lee
Erik Voeten Joins The Monkey Cage John Sides - October 14, 2009 We are very pleased to have Erik Voeten joining the
The (Ever) Powerful Ladies from Maine - February 18, 2009 Over on Marginal Revolution today, I see that the economists
Down on the Farm in DC: Amber Waves of Asphalt - September 29, 2008 Is this the intersection of Connecticut and Van Ness? John
Rating the Performance of the 50 State Governments - March 4, 2008 Governing Magazine and the Pew Center on the States have
GOP Veepstakes - February 26, 2008 With John McCain apparently having sewn up the Republican presidential
How (Ideologically) Different is a Rur’l Republican Texan from an Urban Democratic New Yawker? (Update) - November 29, 2007 Following up on a previous post I've add the mean