… Immigration erupts in a national debate in some moments and is all but ignored in others. In the past two decades, social scientists have learned a fair bit about Americans’ views on immigration, and a number of those lessons about the who, what, where and why of Americans’ attitudes […] Read more »
Majority of Cuban Americans say embargo has not worked
A Florida International University poll released today indicates that Cuban Americans in Miami would welcome changes in U.S. relations with Cuba, while they still support some elements of current U.S. policy. Most respondents of the 2014 FIU Cuba Poll expressed strong support for increased contact between U.S. citizens, including Cuban […] Read more »
Poll: It’s Time to Normalize Relations With Cuba
Every once in a while, a political canard is exposed—something that once may have been generally accepted and perhaps true, but has remained a part of the conventional wisdom. Such is the case with the view that any kind of normalization of relations with Cuba is a political third rail; […] Read more »
Majority of Americans Favor Ties With Cuba
After more than a half-century of official United States hostility toward Cuba punctuated by a comprehensive trade embargo, a majority of Americans — and an even greater majority of Floridians, home to this country’s largest Cuban-American population — now favor normalizing relations or engaging more directly with the Cuban government, […] Read more »