During President Trump’s formative years, Queens — the New York City “outer borough” in which he grew up — was transformed from an all-white enclave into a racial and ethnic battleground. The forces unleashed in those struggles shaped Trump’s current policies on both immigration and racial integration. … Taken together, […] Read more »
Explaining Support for Trump in the White Working Class: Race vs. Economics
It has been almost 18 months since the 2018 presidential election, but pundits and scholars continue to debate how President Donald Trump pulled off one of the most shocking upsets in recent political history. There is general agreement on one point — Trump’s strong appeal to white-working class voters was […] Read more »
More evidence that racism and sexism were key to Trump victory
To the dismay of many, President Donald Trump has amped up his racist rhetoric of late, sending out angry, misleading tweets about Latin-American immigrants. Tufts University scholar Daniel Drezner argues this is his attempt “to ensure that his loyal base supporters are sufficiently energized to come out and vote GOP […] Read more »
Americans view MLK as important, but believe only some of his goals have been achieved
Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, a vast majority of Americans call him a very important historical figure — but most think only some of his goals have been achieved, according to a new CBS News poll. CONT. CBS News Read more »
50 years after Martin Luther King’s Assassination: Assessing Progress of the Civil Rights Movement
On April 4, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in Memphis. Most Americans today say at least some of the goals of the 1960’s civil rights movement that he spearheaded have been attained. But black and white Americans differ widely in how they perceive the treatment of […] Read more »
A majority of Americans are ready to protest. Here’s what’s got them fired up.
The numbers are in: Americans are fired up. More than half of Americans — 57 percent — say they are outraged enough about an issue that they would carry a protest sign for a day, according to a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll on social trends. CONT. Carrie Dann, […] Read more »