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Unexpected Margins: Analysis of the 2025 Elections
Democrats had a big night last week, sweeping key elections and winning by unexpected margins up and down the ballot. Voters showed up in high numbers for an “off” election year and sided with Democrats in the elections’ four major contests: The mayor’s race in New...
American Stereotypes about Jewish, Muslim, and Black Americans: Preliminary Evidence from a 2024 US Survey
A new survey on the nature and distribution of American stereotypes about Jewish, Muslim, and Black Americans measures the nature, extent and distribution of stereotypes about each of the three groups. The broad goals of the survey and analyses of the data are: to map...
Doomed! How America’s Apocalyptic Mindset Shapes Political Disengagement
In recent years, global crises have increasingly come to define the times we live in. These big challenges, ranging from climate change and political instability to frequent mass shootings, can contribute to a pervasive sense that the future is doomed. Emergent...
‘On the Roof of Himmler’s Guesthouse’ – The Untold Story of a German Refugee Turned US Soldier
A Special Exhibit opens June 19 in Berlin This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, and at a moment when global authoritarianism is on the rise, a tiny fraction of the people with memories of the war and Hitler’s Europe are alive today to relay...
What Has Happened to USAID?
The gutting of USAID within the first 100 days of the Trump administration has upended the humanitarian aid sector around the world.
The American Century is Over
By James D. Morrow January 19, 2025 was the last day of the American Century. More precisely and less melodramatically, the liberal international order created by the United States in the aftermath of World War II is gone. Some would say, “Good riddance.” But my...
In Michigan, conspiracy thinking can be rooted in real historic harm
Conspiracy thinking may result from paranoia or misinformation — but it’s often rooted actual harms and well-earned mistrust in government.
Who’s to Blame for Runaway Presidential Power?
Americans designed the government so that one guy can’t screw the whole thing up. It hasn’t worked out that way: Congress and voters are responsible.
US Democratic Decline in Global Perspective
Experts agree that freedom and democracy in the United States are in decline. This backsliding is part of a global trend, but is not inevitable.
How Did We Get Here? Pt. 2
Robert Mickey highlights the role of America’s history of white supremacy and the radicalization of the Republican Party.
