Why replacing Biden with Harris may not mobilize Black voters Samantha Canty and Michael Tesler - July 9, 2024 Black support for Harris has been weaker than Black support for Biden over the past four years.
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.
Some activists lean on ‘motherhood’ for authority in gun law debates Kaylin Bourdon - June 30, 2022 But they can come to opposite conclusions about whether mothers want more gun regulation or more guns
Colombia’s elections in May could determine the fate of the peace deal Shauna Gillooly - April 28, 2022 Concerns about violence may push voters to the polls, this research shows
The Canadian truckers’ ‘freedom convoy’ disrupted life and blockaded borders. Did the protest succeed? David Meyer - February 24, 2022 The trick, for activists, is to get authorities and other audiences to focus on their issues as well as their tactics.
The bomb threats against Howard University affect far more than a single university Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, Pearl K. Dowe, Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd, Kelly Richardson, Khalilah L. Brown-Dean, Françoise Cromer, Elsie Scott, and Duchess Harris - February 16, 2022 Historically Black colleges and universities are being attacked as their success becomes more visible
U.S. workers have been striking in startling numbers. Will that continue? Jasmine Kerrissey and Judith Stepan-Norris - November 10, 2021 Looking at more than 100 years of data, we found several factors associated with strikes.
As the Democrats skirmish over their omnibus bill, here’s what they can learn from Harry Truman Bernard Grofman - September 30, 2021 Passing mammoth bills is hard. One alternative: make Republicans take unpopular votes, and use it against them.
U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods didn’t bring companies back to the U.S., new research finds Samantha A. Vortherms and Jiakun Zhang - September 22, 2021 These tariffs instead resulted in collateral damage to the U.S. economy
Three reasons the U.S. hasn’t passed more gun regulations (and one reason this time might be different). Eulalie Laschever and David Meyer - May 6, 2021 The NRA is in free fall.