Society & Politics

Party polarization tends to come before voter polarization, according to new research co-led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.This post was originally published on this site

Conspiracy theories have mutated into conspiracism, a transformation marked by people rejecting proof and evidence in favor of frivolous speculation. That’s what political scientists Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum suggest in their book “A Lot […]

While the American Rescue Plan Act provided a major infusion of economic aid to low-income and middle-class Americans, more should be done to tackle racial wealth inequality and the structural issues in the tax code […]

Investors react more negatively to transactions between firms in different countries if there is evidence of weak political affinity, a new study suggests.This post was originally published on this site

Sophia Kalantzakos’ scholarship focuses on how the climate crisis impacts global power politics. Her book China and the Geopolitics of Rare Earths, focuses on resource competition between the major industrial nations (U.S., E.U., Japan) and […]

Professionals and managers are becoming more liberal while blue collar workers, who were once the backbone of leftist politics in the U.S., now show more conservative views on a number of issues that liberal politicians […]

When hurricanes Eta and Iota barrelled into Central America in November 2020, they flooded towns and cities, caused catastrophic losses in the agricultural sector and contributed to food insecurity. In all, 4.7 million Hondurans were […]

As the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol prepares for televised hearings later this month, public attitudes toward the attack are divided sharply along partisan lines.This post was originally […]