John Sides and Michael Tesler March 19, 2024
There’s precedent for an election-year boost – but it’s not guaranteed.
Nadia E. Brown March 18, 2024
In 2024, political violence against Black women is a big threat
Women’s History Month is good time to thank our Black women in office – and keep them safe.
Joshua Tucker March 14, 2024
Putin will win Russia’s election, but what comes next?
Russians will grapple with another six years of Putinism.
Erik Voeten and Simon Hix March 12, 2024
How a shift to the right in June elections may stifle EU climate ambitions 🎧
A conversation with Simon Hix about the causes and consequences of the expected sharp right turn in the upcoming European Parliament elections
John Sides March 11, 2024
A viral poll result got debunked. People are learning the wrong lesson.
Are all polls with opt-in samples wrong? Not quite.
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Right-wing populist parties have risen. Populism hasn’t.
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- January 19, 2024
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Iowa showed how Trump has redefined conservatism
Trump performed much better among “very conservative” caucus voters than he did in 2016.
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- January 17, 2024
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Why global commerce is now in the crossfire
From the Red Sea to the Baltic and the Pacific, geopolitics are putting global commerce at risk.
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- January 11, 2024
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Foreign policy-related U.S. presidential campaign ads ▶️
This Good Playlist offers highlights from television presidential campaign ads since the 1950s.
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- January 2, 2024
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How Republicans made a U-turn on impeachment
2023 isn’t 2019, it turns out.
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- December 16, 2023
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What it will take to end the Israel-Hamas war 🎧
An expert on civil war weighs in.
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- December 15, 2023
Erik Voeten and Layna Mosley - February 8, 2024
An expert on the politics of sovereign debt, Layna Mosley, takes a closer look at the current global debt crisis – check out our latest podcast episode.
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Kelebogile Zvobgo March 8, 2024
Today is International Women’s Day
Here’s a recap of some of the year’s highs and lows.
John Sides March 7, 2024
Trump had the nomination sewn up before a single vote was cast
Two graphs show his dominance in the “invisible primary.”
Isabelle DeSisto and Grigore Pop-Eleches March 5, 2024
A Russian destabilization campaign put Moldova in the news
Maia Sandu, Moldova's pro-E.U. president, is up for reelection this fall.
Colin M. Brown March 4, 2024
Good Playlist: Music to help you find the headspace to teach ▶️
Check out this detailed playlist covering politics around the world.
Sarah Binder March 2, 2024
What Mitch McConnell leaves behind
He normalized obstruction but sometimes made the Senate work.
Nadia E. Brown, Camille Burge, and Christine M. Slaughter February 29, 2024
How Black women get their political news matters for this election
A new study investigates the ways Black women use social media, TV news, and other sources to engage with politics.
Zein Murib February 27, 2024
New findings from the 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey
New state-level bills targeting transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans add to these individuals' concerns.
Christian Breunig February 26, 2024
Good Playlist: Intro to comparative politics ▶️
A soundtrack to encourage students to apply course concepts in a different context.
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The 2023 Slovak elections will likely impact … Slovakia
Voters generally focused on domestic politics, not foreign policy – or Ukraine.
Senegal’s violent protests reveal that its long-stable democracy is fragile, after all
Yet again, courts have jailed one of the president’s political rivals.
So much for Putin’s promise he’d abide by term limits. Here’s what happened.
Will this latest twist keep him in power through 2036?