Do many Americans believe in the ‘great replacement’ theory? Tarah Williams, Roy Whitaker, Nazita Lajevardi, and Evan Stewart - June 6, 2022 The Buffalo shooting showed that at least some people are ready to commit violence for this conspiracy theory
How ‘great replacement’ theory led to the Buffalo mass shooting Michael Feola - May 24, 2022 The conspiracy theory’s internal logic encourages the dangerous belief that a threatened White nation can be saved only through violence against its perceived enemies
NATO was founded to protect ‘civilized’ people. That means White. Amoz JY Hor - April 10, 2022 Four historical examples show how much race has always mattered in defining ‘Western civilization’
More and more candidates are campaigning on racially charged issues. That could backfire in office. Maneesh Arora and Christopher Stout - February 11, 2022 Winning was easy. Governing is harder.
What lies behind mistrust of government and doubts about the election? White racial bias. Alexandra Filindra - January 30, 2022 Officials and candidates who encourage this mistrust are undermining democracy
Archbishop Tutu’s radical commitment to humanity led him to criticize parties, people and institutions Carolyn E. Holmes - December 27, 2021 The beloved anti-apartheid activist demanded that the African National Congress also meet the standards of ‘ubuntu’
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”
Virginia’s upcoming election pits rural voters against urban ones. Why is there such a divide? Zachary L. Hertz, Lucas B. Pyle, and Brian Schaffner - September 21, 2021 The key factor is their different attitudes about race, our research finds.
Don’t expect mass Black Lives Matter protests again this summer Geneva Cole - July 11, 2021 My research investigated what pushed White people to join last year’s protests
Would the Founding Fathers support critical race theory? Alvin Tillery - June 29, 2021 Studying their writings — and other canonical documents in U.S. history — reveals how deeply racism is built into the nation’s structure