The deepest foundation of our democratic crisis is our increasing human interdependence. That interdependence creates increasing needs for…
Redistricting reformers have proposed many solutions to the problem of partisan gerrymandering, but they all require either bipartisan…
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the grounds behind Vladimir Putin’s decision were widely debated.…
Transitional justice database projects continue to multiply, even amid mounting suspicion that systematic comparative analysis has little…
November 6, 2023, Opinion: "Artificial intelligence will change so many aspects of society, largely in ways that we cannot conceive of yet…
At a special symposium marking the inauguration of Harvard President Claudine Gay, a panel of democracy experts diagnosed the state of…
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…
Political scientist Hakeem Jefferson (Stanford University) facilitated a discussion about race, policing, and the state of American…
This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915's The Birth of a Nation,…
At several points in history, politicians and commentators have proposed adding seats to the Supreme Court to accomplish partisan ends. We…