In the 2016 election, Donald Trump appealed to many white voters’ concerns about crime through dog whistle rhetoric. Did Trump’s use of this racist rhetoric mean that many of those who did vote for him were unwilling to admit their support in the lead up to the election? In new research, Kevin H. Wozniak, Brian R. Calfano, and Kevin […]
Despite rhetoric to the contrary, Congress took little action to restrict gun ownership in the wake of the tragic school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012. Why was no real action taken, when the national mood seems so in favor of such measures? In new research which analyses public opinion polling on gun control, Kevin H. Wozniak finds […]
Utah’s new kind of ranked-choice voting could hurt political minorities — and sometimes even the majority
How Black fraternities are actually harmful to Black culture in the US
Obama’s legacy is as a disappointingly conventional president
Films can have a major influence on how people view government.
Anda Pleniceanu reviews After Extinction edited by Richard Grusin 
Ben Margulies reviews The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to the Civil War by Joanne Freeman 
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