Congress finally passed a federal anti-lynching bill — after 120 years of failure Justin Peck and Jeffery Jenkins - March 9, 2022 For decades, a small, intensely committed Senate minority was able to use Senate rules to block change and maintain the Jim Crow system in the South
Why aren’t there more Republican women in Congress? Laurel Elder - August 18, 2021 Congress has far more Democratic than Republican women. That’s not likely to change.
Voter suppression started way before Jim Crow. It’s a longstanding American tradition. David Bateman - March 28, 2021 For two and a half centuries, people have justified Black disenfranchisement in the name of ‘unity’
Today’s election denialism and violence has a dark echo in the Jim Crow South Kimberley S. Johnson - January 14, 2021 As in 1877, the U.S. has to decide whether it wants to be a multi-racial democracy
Look beyond Trump’s language to see the roots of recent political violence in the U.S. Joshua C. Wilson - January 11, 2021 For the past 50 years, conservatives have capitalized on demonizing the federal government
The Republican Party is white and Southern. How did that happen? Jeffery Jenkins and Boris Heersink - February 7, 2020 Its leaders made a decision to push out blacks. That helped it to dominate Southern politics.
The E.U. is supposed to promote democracy. So why do anti-democratic politicians thrive within it? Daniel Kelemen - December 2, 2019 Party alliances, subsidies and easy emigration all help soft authoritarians stay in power
Joe Biden’s nostalgia for ‘civility’ is nostalgia for the politics of Jim Crow Sam Rosenfeld - June 20, 2019 He may not realize it, but that boozy politesse grew from Southern politicians’ need to work across party lines to keep civil rights at bay.
People used to joke about ‘Democrats in disarray.’ They’re not joking now. Henry Farrell - January 30, 2019 The comedian Will Rogers famously joked: “I am not a
How Southern politicians defended white supremacy — and made the South poorer John Lapinski, Ira Katznelson, and David Bateman - November 26, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80638" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A Confederate battle flag flies over
Republicans are still trying to repeal Obamacare. Here’s why they are not likely to succeed Jonathan Oberlander - June 13, 2018 [caption id="attachment_54494" align="aligncenter" width="960"] This file photo taken on Nov.
Whites have fled the Democratic Party. Here’s how the nation got there. Joshua Zingher - May 22, 2018 [caption id="attachment_41151" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Blue Democratic donkey cookies and red
Why won’t Congress really investigate the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia? Eric Schickler and Douglas Kriner - April 27, 2017 [caption id="attachment_57416" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah). (AP Photo/Rick
The Republican Party is coming apart. Here’s what it can learn from the 1956 Democrats. Boris Heersink - October 25, 2016 [caption id="attachment_48351" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during his
Will Trump’s anti-Latino statements hurt the GOP? Here’s what we can learn from LBJ and Goldwater. Eric Schickler - June 13, 2016 [caption id="attachment_40260" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Supporters hold signs at a Donald
If Hillary Clinton is running for Obama’s ‘third term,’ she faces these challenges Donald Zinman - April 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_24542" align="aligncenter" width="908"] (Mike Blake/Reuters)[/caption] So it looks as
The RNC’s secret dinner about a brokered convention is no surprise. Here’s why. Boris Heersink - December 17, 2015 Last week, a number of Republican Party leaders – including
Which is more taboo: The Confederate flag or the rainbow flag? Steven Smith and Patrick Tucker - June 30, 2015 What did the American public think about the Confederate flag
Senate flashback: The opening day filibuster over a racist senator in 1947 Gregory Koger - January 6, 2015 Today each chamber begins the 114th Congress with a set
Sure, Congress is polarized. But other legislatures are more so. Dan Hopkins - February 17, 2014 David W. Brady is the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur
Our politics may be polarized. But that's nothing new. - January 16, 2014 David W. Brady is the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur
How ideological activists constructed our polarized parties Hans Noel - January 15, 2014 The mental model you have of “polarization” is wrong. When
Electing more women to Congress isn't a solution for polarization John Sides - January 13, 2014 [caption id="attachment_5232" align="aligncenter" width="682" special=""] (Photo Credit: Office of Sen.
More on the Republican Re-boot: A Rejoinder John Sides - April 1, 2013 Eric Schickler writes: I wanted to offer a quick reply
Vote and population density Andrew Gelman - December 6, 2012 Aleks sends along this graph: The axis labels are at
Polarization is Real (and Asymmetric) Nolan McCarty - May 15, 2012 This post is co-authored with Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, and
FDR Didn’t Insist on a “Clean” Debt Limit Bill John Sides - April 18, 2011 This is a guest post from "Eric Schickler":http://igs.berkeley.edu/schickler/: bq. I