Are you racist? It’s a question that makes most of us uncomfortable and defensive. … This week on Hidden Brain, we examine research about prejudices so deeply buried, we often doubt their existence. We’ll begin with a focus on police shootings of unarmed black men. Later in the show, we look […] Read more »
How Trump And Race Are Splitting Evangelicals
… America’s community of self-described evangelicals, about a fourth of the population, is increasingly divided between a more conservative, Trump-aligned bloc deeply worried about losing the so-called culture wars; and a bloc that is more liberal on issues like immigration, conscious of the need to appeal to nonwhite Christians and […] Read more »
Discrimination in America
A new series of polls from the Harvard Opinion Research Program is shedding light on how Americans experience discrimination on a day-to-day basis. CONT. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Read more »
White Democrats Have Gotten Way More Liberal On Identity Issues
The ongoing fight over funding the government — which may finally be on the verge of a long-term resolution — has centered in large part on immigration. Democrats want a replacement for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and if they settle for a deal without one, they’re likely […] Read more »
A ‘Blue’ Florida? There Are No Quick Demographic Fixes for Democrats
Democrats could be forgiven for dreaming about a “blue” Florida. It is diversifying as fast as Texas or Arizona, and the demographic composition of its electorate may be poised to shift even faster than anticipated. CONT. Nate Cohn, New York Times Read more »
Trump Has Got Democrats Right Where He Wants Them
President Trump’s immigration proposal has put Democrats in a bind; they know it and he knows it. Trump’s immigration “framework” — first outlined on Jan. 25 — represents an unusually sophisticated strategy. He proposes to more than double the number of Dreamers granted a path to citizenship, a significant concession […] Read more »