Findings from the Archives
I just completed a research trip to the Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas,
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Employment discrimination, the Supreme Court, and the limits of liberalism
On Monday, April 22, the Supreme Court agreed to review three cases next year that
No, really, what is APD?
In recent posts, two of my fellow bloggers – Anna Law and Steven White –
What’s so American about American Political Development?
Earlier today, Anna Law wrote a great post about the differences between American Political Development
What is American Political Development?
Frequent comment from people at a conference to me: “So you do political history, right?”
The Georgia Heartbeat Bill and Unintended Consequences
On Friday, Georgia passed a “heartbeat bill” that bans abortion after medical professionals can detect
Choosing a Running Mate Early: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad
The 2020 Democratic primary field is shaping up to be the largest in modern memory,
Teaching Students to Recognize Media Frames
This post is more about teaching than current political science research, but I think it
The Untold Story of How Conservatives Embraced the Bill of Rights and Incorporation
The new conservative majority of the Supreme Court has begun the second phase of its
American Liberal Democracy in Historical Perspective
I started teaching a new course last week on American democracy and the individual. For