The massacre of nine African-Americans in a storied Charleston church last week, which thrust the issues of race relations and gun rights into the center of the 2016 presidential campaign, has now resurfaced another familiar and divisive question in the emerging contest for the Republican nomination: what to do with […] Read more »
Dylann Roof reportedly wanted a race war. How many Americans sympathize?
Dylann Roof has confessed to the murder of nine people at a South Carolina church Wednesday, according to officials. And one of Roof’s friends has said that Roof wanted to start a race war — the kind of sentiment that’s common in the avowed white supremacist crowd. But just how […] Read more »
How black voters could determine the 2016 election
… Democrats hope that high turnout rates among African Americans will be “sticky,” where voters motivated to cast ballots for Obama will transition into habitual voters in future years. But Democrats’ appeal to black voters could also matter a great deal in how much black turnout dips. Clinton is popular […] Read more »
Views of Race Relations as Top Problem Still Differ by Race
Black Americans’ mentions of race relations as the most important problem facing the U.S. reached 15% in the last quarter of 2014, up from 3% at the beginning of that year. Mentions have remained relatively high since, averaging 13% in the most recent quarter, from April to June 2015. Since […] Read more »
Multiracial in America: Proud, Diverse and Growing in Numbers
Multiracial Americans are at the cutting edge of social and demographic change in the U.S.—young, proud, tolerant and growing at a rate three times as fast as the population as a whole. As America becomes more racially diverse and social taboos against interracial marriage fade, a new Pew Research Center […] Read more »
Disappointment in Obama leads some African Americans to ask: Is voting even worth it?
… Running to be the first female president, Clinton will also try to generate Obama-like enthusiasm among new voters — those who were too young to turn out for Obama or have not previously been engaged with politics. Yet as her allies prepare to register voters and expand the black […] Read more »