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Department Faculty in the National News
Political Science and Legal Studies faculty and graduate students have been highly visible in the national news. Posted below is a selection of their op-eds and commentaries on current political issues recently published in major national news outlets.
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Op-Eds and Commentaries
How to Better Communicate Election Forecasts – in One Simple Chart [4]
Justin Gross Washington Post, 29 November 2016.
If You’re Even Asking if Russia Hacked the Election, Russia Got What it Wanted [5].
Paul Musgrave Washington Post, 28 November 2016.
Trump’s Claims About Illegal Votes are Nonsense. I Debunked the Study he Cites as ‘Evidence’ [6].
Brian Schaffner Politico, 29 November 2016.
Expert Support for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals [7]
Peter Haas Rising Powers in Global Governance, 19 November 2016.
White Support for Donald Trump was Driven by Economic Anxiety, but also by Racism and Sexism [8]
Brian Schaffner Vox, 16 November 2016.
Violence has a Long History in American Elections [9]
Jesse Rhodes Newsweek, 8 November 2016.
Who’s Voting Early? Latino Voting is Surging, but White Turnout is, too [10]
Bernard Frage and Brian Schaffner Washington Post, 4 November 2016.
Latino Electorate on Track for Historic Turnout in 2016 [11]
Justin Gross Huffington Post, November 2 2016.
On Twitter, Trump, ‘Punches Down’ Far More Than Any of His Rivals [12]
Justin Gross and Kaylee Johnson Washington Post, 27 October 2016.
Trump Thinks Non-Citizens are Deciding Elections. We Debunked the Research He’s Citing. [13]
Stephen Ansolabhere, Samantha Luks and Brian Schaffner Washington Post, 19 October 2016.
Is American More Divided by Race or Class? [14]
Sean McElwee, Jesse Rhodes and Brian Schaffner Washington Post, 12 October 2016.
Latino Voters Poised to Cast Most Lopsided Presidential Vote on Record [15]
Justin Gross BeyondChron: The Voice of the Rest, 11 October 2016.
Columbians Rejected ‘Transitional Justice’ for Guerillas. They Want Criminal Justice Instead. [16]
Jamie Rowen Washington Post, 8 October 2016.
LD Vote Predict 2016: Latino Voters Poised to Cast Most Lopsided Presidential Vote on Record [17]
Justin Gross Latino Decisions, 6 October 2016.
The GOP’s Jewish Donors are Abandoning Trump [18]
Eitan Hersh and Brian Schaffner FiveThirtyEight, 21 September 2016.
Elizabeth Sharrow and Michael Heaney Vox, 18 July 2016.
Why Would Russia Interfere in the US Election? Because it Sometimes Works. [20]
Paul Musgrave Washington Post, 26 July 2016.
Big Republican Donors are Very Open to Trump’s Harsh Approach to Immigration [21]
Sean McElwee, Jesse Rhodes and Brian Schaffner Vox, 25 July 2016.
Has Obama Ignored African American Concerns? Nope. Here’s the Evidence. [22]
Jesse Rhodes, Tatishe Nteta and Melina Tarsi Washington Post, 2 June 2016.
Idea to Retire: Technology Alone Fosters Collaboration and Networks [23]
Jane Fountain Brookings Institution Techtank, 15 April 2016.
Legal Scholarship Highlight: The Evolution of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings [24]
Lori Ringhand and Paul Collins SCOTUSblog, 25 March 2016.
The Top Five Supreme Court Nomination Myths [25]
Paul Collins and Lori Ringhand Slate, 24 March 2016.
What Two Legal Scholars Learned from Studying 70 Years of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings [26]
Paul Collins and Lori Ringhand The Conversation, 21 March 2016.
New Poll Shows Trump Supporters More Likely to Fear a Majority-Minority US [27]
Tatishe Nteta and Brian Schaffner Washington Post, 5 March 2016.
Racial Prejudice is Driving Opposition to Paying College Athletes. Here’s the evidence. [28]
Kevin Wallsten, Tatishe Nteta and Lauren McCarthy Washington Post, 30 December 2015.
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