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Maris Vinovskis: The Universal Power of Education
Post developed by Katie Brown in coordination with Maris Vinovskis. This is the first post in a series that explores how Center for Political Studies (CPS) researchers came to their work. And our first profile tells the fascinating path of CPS researcher, Professor of...
Racial profiling of Arabs finds less support among blacks and Latinos
Post developed by Katie Brown in coordination with Nicholas Valentino Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, airport security has become a grave and expensive endeavor, projected to cost $45 billion by 2018. News stories about airport security scares or the...
Snowden: Traitor? Whistleblower? Or another media event mapping on to general decreasing trust in government?
Post developed by Katie Brown in coordination with Darrell Donakowski Yesterday, The Washington Post released an internal report from the National Security Agency (NSA) revealing the agency broke its own privacy rules thousands of times per year since 2008. The...
Juvenile Justice in Detroit Champions Community, Rehabilitation in a Declining Metropolis
Post developed by Katie Brown in coordination with Rosemary Sarri Detroit makes headlines often: declining population, high crime rates, blocks of urban blight and, recently, the city’s declaration of bankruptcy. How does living in this bad news impact the city’s...
Violence in Turkey: Staggering? Yes. Surprising? Not so much.
Post developed by Katie Brown in coordination with Christian Davenport On August 5, 2013, a Turkish court convicted 275 people, including ex-military officers, of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Though the court case took five years, the...
Trayvon Martin, Obama, and the Birthers: How race and suspicion continue over 35 years
Post developed by Katie Brown in coordination with Michael Traugott and Ashley Jardina. On February 26, 2012, George Zimmerman fatally shot unarmed African American teenager Trayvon Martin in a Florida gated community. Several weeks later, amid media hysteria and...
