Voting rights have come under scrutiny across the United States in recent years, with multiple cases before the Supreme Court this session. A new study by Syracuse University researchers suggests the issue has implications ...
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2023
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In October 2020, two rival candidates for office in Utah made an unusual television ad together. Incumbent Republican Gov. Spencer Cox and his Democratic challenger, Chris Peterson, appeared in the same spot to note they ...
Social Sciences
May 30, 2023
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Winston Churchill famously said, "Democracy is the worst form of government—except for all those other forms that have been tried."
Political science
May 2, 2023
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President Joe Biden will convene world leaders beginning on March 29, 2023, to discuss the state of democracies around the world.
Political science
Mar 6, 2023
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For the first time in two decades, there are more closed autocracies than liberal democracies in the world, but the future is not entirely bleak. This is shown in this year's democracy report from the Varieties of Democracy ...
Social Sciences
Mar 3, 2023
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It might be comforting to think that American democracy has made it past the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. But our research shows that a wide range of the American people, of all political stripes, seek leaders who are fundamentally ...
Social Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
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Many of the details surrounding the recent fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenn., are still unknown or disputed. The rest may seem confusing.
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2023
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A study published in the American Journal of Political Science shows that civic education interventions can work to increase support for democracy, and doing so in the social media context can reach many more people, with ...
Education
Jan 25, 2023
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Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in the world—and until recently, by some margin.
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2023
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Nominating and electing more female politicians can help to diffuse polarization and reduce levels of hostility and distrust across party lines, a study shows.
Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2023
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