Raymond J. La Raja, political science, writes an essay in The Conversation about the Democratic Party and how its pluralism is both a strength and a weakness.

Paul Musgrave comments in a news story about President Donald J. Trump’s seemingly contradictory foreign policy views on key subjects such as Syria and trade with China and how often the president’s views are revealed in his Twitter comments.

Paul Musgrave says more moderate voices in the Trump administration carried the day in the decision to attack a limited number of targets in Syria over the weekend.

Leah Wing, Senior Lecturer II of Legal Studies has been awarded this year’s UMass College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award. This award celebrates exceptional teaching, mentoring, and curriculum development efforts, and their impact on students.

Schaffner comments about the legal challenge to a Kansas law that requires proof of citizenship to register to vote.

Research on voters in the 2016 presidential election done by Brian F. Schaffner is cited in a story about how the Democrats who are winning special elections this year have changed to a strategy most often used by Republican. 

In the New York Times, Brian explains that exit polls are difficult to read, especially on election day when the exact demographics of the electorate are not yet known. 

Schaffner says research on the 2016 presidential election supports the idea that racism and sexism were keys to Donald Trump’s victory.