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
Trump’s trade war with China failed. Why didn’t U.S. companies push back more? Robert Kubinec, Lindsay Dolan, Jiakun Zhang, and Daniel Nielson - February 16, 2022 Research suggests partisan views — not the added costs of U.S. tariffs — shaped how firms responded
ICE is accused of sterilizing detainees. That echoes the U.S.’s long history of forced sterilization. Steven Moore - September 25, 2020 White people who support such forced sterilizations are paternalistic rather than driven by racial animus, my research suggests.
For the Super Bowl, Bloomberg and Trump are each spending $10 million on ads. Travis N. Ridout and Erika Franklin Fowler - February 1, 2020 How unusual is it for a contender for a party’s presidential nomination to drop so much cash on a single ad? Very.
Here’s how local TV news is making it harder for the Senate to repeal Obamacare Sarah Gollust and Erika Franklin Fowler - July 26, 2017 http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/senate-votes-to-start-health-care-debate-as-mccain-returns-to-capitol-hill/2017/07/25/1a614f82-7185-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_video.html Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to open debate on
This is what Americans will really dislike about the House ‘Trumpcare’ bill Erika Franklin Fowler, Courtney Laermer, Laura Baum, and Sarah Gollust - May 5, 2017 House Republicans voted Thursday to repeal and replace the Affordable
News coverage of vaccine controversies drives down support for vaccines Sarah Gollust and Erika Franklin Fowler - February 9, 2015 As media attention to the measles outbreak in California continues
Announcing Our Occasional Contributors John Sides - May 26, 2011 The Monkey Cage has always benefited from guest-bloggers or people
The Satellite Dishes Finally Make Sense Erik Voeten - May 7, 2011 We are pleased to have another guest post from "Erica
Why It Matters That Bin Laden Was Behind Recent Terrorist Plots Erik Voeten - May 7, 2011 We are pleased to welcome back "Erica Chenoweth.":http://echenoweth.faculty.wesleyan.edu/ Erica is