Protests have spread across the country in the week since George Floyd died after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more the eight minutes. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, FiveThirtyEight contributor Samuel Sinyangwe joins the crew to analyze the trends in police violence over […] Read more »
Most Americans know George Floyd’s name and say race was a major factor in his death
It’s been less than a week since George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the days since, protests have swept the nation. American can be deeply partisan on certain issues, but a Yahoo News/YouGov Poll indicates that Floyd’s death is […] Read more »
In Days of Discord, a President Fans the Flames
With a nation on edge, ravaged by disease, hammered by economic collapse, divided over lockdowns and even face masks and now convulsed once again by race, President Trump’s first instinct has been to look for someone to fight. … The days of discord have put the president’s leadership style on […] Read more »
Trump confronts a culture war of his own making as election looms
President Donald Trump is throwing himself into a culture war he has long stoked, and a battle for voters he has eagerly pursued, as he navigates national outrage over the brutal killings of two black men — one at the hands of police, the other at the hands of white […] Read more »
The Future of the Democratic Party
… The Democratic Party’s foremost goal is to remove President Donald Trump from office, but they’ll need to respond sufficiently to questions surrounding racial and economic inequality in addition to the fault lines exposed by the coronavirus pandemic. A roundtable discussion about the future of the Democratic Party and the […] Read more »
Poll Reveals COVID-19’s Impacts on African American Communities
Today, NAACP, in partnership with the African American Research Collaborative (AARC) and the Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) at Yale School of Medicine presented new polling detailing the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic on African American communities. The poll is the first of its kind, with a deep dive […] Read more »