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Could racially charged policies cause you to act racist, even if you aren’t actually a racist? That’s the story two scholars, Stephane Wolton and Torun Dewan from the London School of Economics and Political Science, tell in a recent paper.

Do primaries attract more extremist voters who skew elections toward candidates like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump? Political scientist Lynn Vavreck explores in her paper.

One of the stories of the coronavirus outbreak has been that Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on a shared set of facts about the virus. But groundbreaking research from political scientist Gregory Huber at Yale University questions the narrative.

The 2020 election will soon be upon us. As usual, news outlets will play a crucial role informing the public about the candidates. But could their decisions actual swing elections?

One of the concerns of the coronavirus is how we’ll handle voting in the 2020 election. A recent paper from soon to be Asst. Prof at UCLA, Dan Thompson, gives us the best data yet on how vote-by-mail effects turn out and partisans differences in election.

Professor Jorg Spenkuch from Northwestern University provides insight that political accountability takes a big hit during disasters.

Two teams led by students from the Harris School of Public Policy tied for first place in the 10th annual John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge (SNVC).

As the protests against police brutality continue, Joselynne Gardner talks about how African Americans have passed on the knowledge across generations about how to handle police encounters.

“Being able to tie in my mathematical background to policies I care about was a dream come true.”

Harris students and alumni “are energized by a problem,” Marie Trzupek Lynch said in comments echoed by the other panelists. “We want to dig our teeth into it and solve it. Problems for us are opportunities.”

Juneteenth was already becoming more widely celebrated when the brutal killing of George Floyd on May 25 sparked outrage and a national conversation about systemic injustice facing the Black community.