This page shows a weekly updated list of the past week’s ten most popular blog posts by readership.

  1. Americans are in favor of interracial marriage until they are asked about their own family – Yanyi K. Djamba and Sitawa R. Kimuna – 11 August 2014

  2. How “woke” became weaponized in the culture wars – Staci M. Zavattaro – 28 March

  3. How nationalism can be a force for good in the struggle against Covid-19 – Robert Schertzer and Eric Taylor Woods – 9 April 2020

  4. Biden is struggling to please both the progressive voters and the Trump haters who helped elect him – Yulia Pechenkina and Helmut Norpoth – 28 April

  5. Obama’s legacy is as a disappointingly conventional president – David Wise – 30 April 2019

  6. “Gay” or “Homosexual”: the words we use can divide public opinion on civil rights – Brianna A. Smith – 8 December 2017

  7. The curse of slavery has left an intergenerational legacy of trauma and poor health for African Americans – Michael J Halloran – 8 March 2019

  8. What Happened?: Arizona turned blue in the 2020 presidential election, but the Republicans still control the state. – Eldrid Herrington – 21 January 2021

  9. The millions of Americans who are ineligible to be president are excluded from an important part of the American Dream. – Valere Gaspard – 10 March

  10. Why do some states elect two Senators from different parties? Don’t blame it on strategic voters. – Chris Donnelly – 31 August 2015