In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, America’s partisan divide has become even more apparent, with more and more people feeling that they actively dislike members of the opposite party. In new research, Christopher McConnell, Yotam Margalit, Neil Malhotra and Matthew Levendusky find that this negativity also extends to work and other business relationships. Not only are people […]
Despite their decline in recent years, unions still play a major role in state and national politics. But are unions able to influence the views of their members, or do those who join unions simply have differing views compared to non-members? In new research surveying more than 4,000 workers across 12 industries, Sung Eun Kim and Yotam Margalit find […]
The Great Recession, coupled with concerns over the growing budget deficit, resulted in a renewed debate about the social safety net. While support for welfare benefits usually splits along partisan lines, Yotam Margalit examines how personal experiences of hardship during the financial crisis affected attitudes towards social spending. While he finds that first-hand experience of a job loss does lead […]
Obama’s legacy is as a disappointingly conventional president
Stopping the UN’s Agenda 21 policy on sustainable development has become a rallying cry for the Tea Party across the U.S.
Those who trust government and others are more likely to comply with stay at home orders.
A deadly combination of states’ rights and racism means that many US states are choosing personal freedom over life.
Sander Hölsgens reviews Muddied Waters: The Fictionalisation of Ethnographic Film by Toni de Bromhead 
Aerin Lai reviews Decolonizing Universalism: A Transnational Feminist Ethic by Serene J. Khader 
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