How do media portrayals of potential policy beneficiaries’ identities sway public support for these policies in a public health setting?…
The study of urban and local politics in the United States has long been hindered by a lack of centralized sources of election data. We…
This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915's The Birth of a Nation,…
How do media portrayals of potential policy beneficiaries’ identities sway public support for these policies in a public health setting?…
Benefits of legislation meant to help all veterans were routinely denied to Black veterans.
How do high-profile acts of police brutality affect public trust and cooperation with law enforcement? To investigate this question, we…
Are women more likely to quit politics after losing their first race than men? In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, the number of…
Roughly a thousand people are killed by American law enforcement officers each
year, accounting for more than 5% of all homicides. We…
How do racial signals associating a candidate with minority supporters change voters’ perceptions about a candidate and their support for a…
Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter? Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act
In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in discriminatory…