… In polling both before and even since Floyd’s death, white Democrats have been fairly opposed to giving reparations to the descendants of enslaved people, an idea supported by a clear majority of Black Democrats. And on a wide range of other policy ideas intended to address racial inequality, white […] Read more »
Racist policing is making Black and White Americans question police authority
The history of policing in America is an indisputably violent one. Many American police departments have their origins in White supremacist violence—for example, hunting down Black Americans who had freed themselves from enslavement and returning them to their captors. Yet the specific form of racially targeted and increasingly militarized policing […] Read more »
Black Adults Disproportionately Experience Microaggressions
More than any other racial group, Black Americans report experiencing negative treatment by others that falls under the broad category of microaggressions. About one in three Black adults (32%) say that, in the past year, people have acted as if they were “better than you,” while one in four (25%) […] Read more »
Trump Is Selling White Grievance. The Suburbs Aren’t Buying It.
… From North Carolina to Pennsylvania to Arizona, interviews this week with more than two dozen suburban voters in critical swing states revealed abhorrence for Mr. Trump’s growing efforts to fuel white resentment with inflammatory rhetoric on race and cultural heritage. The discomfort was palpable even among voters who also […] Read more »
Latino Decisions Announces Release of New Survey Results in Six Battleground States
In partnership with Voter Participation Center and Voto Latino, Latino Decisions released their latest research on Latinos in 6-battleground states where Latinos will make a difference in the upcoming Presidential election between Vice President Biden and President Trump; Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Arizona, and Florida. This is the first […] Read more »
Trump’s America Is Slipping Away
Donald Trump is running for the presidency of an America that no longer exists. Trump in recent weeks has repeatedly reprised two of Richard Nixon’s most memorable rallying cries, promising to deliver “law and order” for the “silent majority.” But in almost every meaningful way, America today is a radically […] Read more »