The American judiciary has increasingly come under attack as polarized
and politicized. Using a newly collected dataset that captures the…
Covering more than four decades of American social and political history, The Loneliness of the Black Republican examines the ideas and…
We show that contemporary differences in political attitudes across counties in
the American South trace their origins to slavery’s…
How dark money and voter disenfranchisement combined in a toxic brew that resulted in the lowest voter turnout in more than 70 years,…
History suggests that progress in racial justice comes only when American leaders see it as crucial to US geopolitical interests.
After piling up trillions of dollars of war debt during the last decade, America seemed to be on the brink of a new era -- ready to shut…
We show that isolated capital cities are robustly associated with greater levels of corruption across US states, in line with the view that…
The media storm engulfing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) misses the main story. The disability claims backlog, the scheduling…
Will the death penalty ever be abolished in America? Executions, and the states that carry them out, are in decline. Public support for the…
In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot-box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are accurate? And…