September 18, 2024

Will Race and Gender Influence Opposition to Kamala Harris?

Matthew Tokeshi

Kamala Harris is the first Black woman to be a major party’s nominee for president. Her candidacy raises the question of whether race and/or gender will be grounds for opposition. In my book, Campaigning While Black, I answer this question...

September 11, 2024

David T. Buckley on Blessing America First

In the lead-up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump’s presidential legacy continues to shape U.S. foreign policy. David T. Buckley argues that the Trump administration’s populist approach transformed religion from a tool of statecraft into a strategy of...

September 2, 2024

12 Must-Read Books About U.S. Voters, Presidential Campaigns, and Partisan Politics

Raina Mansfield

This November, millions of Americans will vote in what is sure to be a historic election. To help you be more informed about the current U.S. voting base and campaign politics, we curated this book list that offers a fresh...

August 28, 2024

How to Depolarize Your Home, Workplace, and Community

A Listicle on The Way Out

Peter T. Coleman

Peter T. Coleman’s book The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization offers a comprehensive guide to addressing and mitigating the deep political and social divides that characterize contemporary society. Coleman, a conflict resolution expert, outlines several actionable steps based on...

August 21, 2024

Are You Avoiding the News These Days? You’re Not Alone.

How to Stay Informed Without Losing Your Sanity

Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

It is hardly news that many see reporting on current events as anxiety-inducing, soul-crushingly depressing, or worse. What is new are the growing numbers who now say they are actively avoiding it. Nearly four in ten people now say they...

March 13, 2024

The Subtle Art of Messaging:

How Far-Right Women Use Social Media to Shape Public Opinion

Eviane Leidig

“Using your baby to virtue signal alliance with a violent political movement is a new low for white women.” This is how a far-right woman influencer describes a photo of a woman holding her baby in a carrier at a...

January 30, 2024

Three Myths About Presidential Campaign Visits:

From Joe Biden’s Basement to Donald Trump’s Rallies

Christopher J. Devine

Did Joe Biden spend the 2020 campaign hiding in his basement? Did Hillary Clinton cost herself the 2016 election by not bothering to visit Wisconsin? Did Donald Trump’s rallies fire up his base and win him the presidency? To many...

December 20, 2023

Why Democrats Need to Show Up in Rural America

Nicholas Jacobs and Daniel Shea

The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day. Support for Democrats, up and down the ballot, has plummeted throughout the countryside. Rural Americans are supposedly bigots, culturally backward, lazy, scared...

December 18, 2023

The Evolving Politics of the Rust Belt “Union Man”

Lainey Newman

In the heyday of American labor, the influence of local unions extended far beyond the workplace and conveyed fundamental worldviews, making blue-collar unionists into loyal Democrats who saw the party as on the side of the working man. Today, Republican-leaning groups...

February 1, 2023

Why Historically Black Colleges and Universities Are Vital and Valuable to the U.S. Higher Education System

James V. Koch and Omari H. Swinton

Are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) “vital and valuable” to contemporary America? Absolutely. HBCUs capably fill a niche in higher education (and in society) that the typical American college or university either ignores or downplays. Many Americans, especially those...

February 2, 2022

Joseph L. Graves and Alan Goodman in Conversation with Olivia Treynor on Racism, Not Race

Joseph L. Graves and Alan Goodman’s new book, Racism, Not Race, breaks down crucial myths about race in a highly readable format. Dissecting everything from junk science on athletic ability to the real reasons different populations are more vulnerable to...