2016 Elections

The White Working Class and the 2016 Election

The White Working Class and the 2016 Election By Nicholas Carnes, Duke University and Noam Lupu, Vanderbilt University Academics and political pundits alike attribute rising support for right-wing political options across advanced democracies to the working […]

Journals

When Poor Students Attend Rich Schools: Do Affluent Social Environments Increase or Decrease Participation?

When Poor Students Attend Rich Schools: Do Affluent Social Environments Increase or Decrease Participation? By Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University, Vittorio Mérola, Stony Brook University, Tanika Raychaudhuri, Princeton University and Adam Thal, Yale University College is a key pathway […]

Centennial Center

Meet 2019 Centennial Center Research Grant Recipient Mara Redlich Revkin

Mara Redlich Revkin is a post-doctoral fellow at Georgetown University Law Center. She received funding from the Centennial Center Research Grants Program’s Second Century Fund for her project “Can Community Policing Increase State Legitimacy After Conflict? Evidence from Iraq”   Dr. Revkin studies legal systems during and […]

Journals

White Protectionism in America

White Protectionism in America By Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania and Desmond King, University of Oxford Critics charge President Donald Trump with racism, but he insists he opposes bigotry and is an American nationalist, not […]

2020 Elections

Campaigning in a Crisis: Political Communication and Rhetoric during COVID-19

Political analysts and commentators have frequently described Donald Trump’s political communication and rhetoric as unprecedented. Yet during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Trump’s communication and rocky relationship with the press has come under new scrutiny. […]