Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Rule by Violence, Rule by Law: Lynching, Jim Crow, and the Continuing Evolution of Voter Suppression in the U.S.

Rule by Violence, Rule by Law: Lynching, Jim Crow, and the Continuing Evolution of Voter Suppression in the U.S. By Brad Epperly, University of South Carolina, Christopher Witko, University of South Carolina, Ryan Strickler, Colorado […]

American Political Science Review

Racial Differences in Protest Participation

Racial Differences in Protest Participation By Peter K. Eisinger, University of Wisconsin, Madison Understanding of the phenomenon of political protest has been inhibited by the view that protest is fundamentally extraordinary or unconventional in character […]

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Black Lives Matter: Evidence that Police-Caused Deaths Predict Protest Activity

Black Lives Matter: Evidence that Police-Caused Deaths Predict Protest Activity By Vanessa Williamson, Brookings Institution, Kris-Stella Trump, Social Science Research Council and Katherine Levine Einstein, Boston University Since 2013, protests opposing police violence against Black […]

American Political Science Review

Selling Out?: The Politics of Navigating Conflicts between Racial Group Interest and Self-interest

Selling Out?: The Politics of Navigating Conflicts between Racial Group Interest and Self-interest By Ismail K. White, George Washington University, Chryl N. Laird, Saint Louis University and Troy D. Allen, Southern University-Baton Rouge Departing from […]

American Political Science Review

Racial Threat and Partisan Identification

Racial Threat and Partisan Identification By Micheal W. Giles and Kaenan Hertz , Emory University Over the past three decades, as the Democratic party in the South has come to depend more heavily on black […]

2020 Elections

Equal Votes, Better Participation? Exploring how the National Popular Vote Compact Could Affect Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections

By Alice Malmberg The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) proposes an alternative to how the United States currently elects its president by tying the outcome of the national popular vote to each state’s electoral […]