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Early polls can offer some insight into candidates’ weak points – but are extremely imprecise
Feb 19 2024
By W. Joseph Campbell, author of Lost in a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential Elections, Updated EditionThis article was originally published on The Conversation.Preelection polls have been inescapable early in the 2024 election year, setting storylines, as they invariably do, for
Overturning New York Times vs. Sullivan Would Endanger Freedom of Speech
Dec 20 2022
By Samantha Barbas, author of Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. SullivanSarah Palin’s loss in her well-publicized libel suit against the New York Times in February 2022 could result in a decision affecting the most significant First Amendment ruling in his
Election polls in 2020 produced ‘error of unusual magnitude,’ expert panel finds, without pinpointing cause
Jul 28 2021
By W. Joseph Campbell, author of Lost in a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential ElectionsThis post was originally published on The Conversation on July 20, 2021More than eight months after the acute polling embarrassment in the 2020 U.S. elections – that produced the sharpest dis
The Muslim Ban Exposes the Racialization of Religion in America
May 27 2021
By Sahar Aziz, author of The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious FreedomOn his first day in office, President Biden repealed the “Muslim Ban,” an executive order issued by Trump on January 27, 2017. This repeal was a welcome development for the hundreds of thousands of Muslims whose liv
The “Right” Way to Study White Power Groups: The Value of Comparisons
Feb 23 2021
Visit our #ACJS2021 virtual exhibit to get 40% off the book.By Shannon Reid and Matthew Valasik, authors of Alt-Right Gangs: A Hazy Shade of White“What’s past is prologue.” The violent insurrection that transpired following President Trump’s public ranting at the “Save America March'' in
Presidential Pardons
Jan 27 2021
The historic clemency power of the U.S. President, set forth in Article II of the Constitution and interpreted by the Supreme Court to have few restrictions, has long been the subject of controversy and debate. From George Washington’s pardon of participants in the Whiskey Rebellion to Gerald Ford’s
An embarrassing failure for election pollsters
Nov 04 2020
By W. Joseph Campbell, author of Lost in a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential ElectionsThis post was originally published on The Conversation, and is reposted here with permission.Election polling is facing yet another reckoning following its uneven-at-best performance in this
The Department of Homeland Security Must Go
Nov 04 2020
By Laura Briggs, author of Taking Children: A History of American TerrorOn August 14, 2020, a US government watchdog agency found that the top two leaders of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were unlawfully serving in their roles. President Trump, afraid that Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinell
Watch: Naomi Paik on U.S. immigration and the abolitionist sanctuary movement
Jul 01 2020
Days after taking the White House, Donald Trump signed three executive orders—these authorized the Muslim Ban, the border wall, and ICE raids. These orders would define his administration’s xenophobic, racist, ableist, and patriarchal approach toward non-citizens. By all accounts, he embodies an ant
What Fascist Lies Teach Us About Current Politics: A Virtual Conversation with Federico Finchelstein
Apr 29 2020
Why are the lies fascists tell so significant to their political power? Federico Finchelstein, a world-renowned historian and Professor of History at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College, unpacks the answer in his new book A Brief History of Fascist Lies.Finchelstein joined