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How U.S. migration policies shift the burden to Latin America
The U.S. relies on countries south of the border for immigration enforcement. A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol delegation led by Acting Commissioner Troy Miller visited migrant shelters managed by the...
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This analysis shows Harris is getting better TV coverage than Trump
The tone of the two candidates’ campaigns may be one reason why. America’s Newsroom at FOX News, New York City (cc) AndyHemmerCincinnati, via Wikimedia Commons. Stuart Soroka is professor of...
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Good Authority celebrates one year of independence
We have new things on deck for the next 12 months. Good Authority cake served at launch reception on Sept. 20, 2023 at the Mortara Center for International Studies at Georgetown University. Photo...
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Good to Know: Preemptive strikes
Israel has gone on the offensive, targeting Hezbollah. Israel’s border with Lebanon (cc) Israel Defense Forces, via Flickr. On Monday, Israel conducted hundreds of airstrikes in southern Lebanon. The...
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The U.N. denounced Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory
Last week’s General Assembly vote upholds the International Court of Justice ruling. (cc) Aotearoa, via Wikimedia Commons. In New York last week, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a...
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Why do so many countries keep subsidizing gasoline? 🎧
Michael Ross explains why the magic of the market may not help the world fight climate change. (cc) Oregon Department of Transportation. In the 2015 Paris Agreement, governments promised to adopt...
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Political polarization is draining America’s blood supply
A new study shows how the growing political divide hurts prosocial behavior. (cc) MarylandGovPics, via Flickr. America’s blood banks are facing their worst blood shortage in over a decade. There are...
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Here are your Vance-Walz debate bingo cards
What better way to watch Tuesday’s 9 p.m. vice presidential debate than with a Good Authority bingo card? Tim Walz and JD Vance (cc) Gage Skidmore via Flickr; image combined on canva.com. Join the Good...
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Pollsters are weighting surveys differently in 2024. Does it matter?
Adjusting election polls by education and past vote has become more common. We are once again facing a close race for president, with most polling averages showing a narrow lead for Kamala Harris over...
View ArticleThe Delinquents, ‘Vice President’: The Week In One Song
Walz vs Vance! Governor Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance meet for the one and only vice-presidential debate of 2024. The post The Delinquents, ‘Vice President’: The Week In One Song appeared first on Good...
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China’s 75th anniversary tries to downplay the struggling economy
A conversation with Victor Shih on what we saw this week – and who we didn’t see. National Day flags in Beijing, 2012 (cc) Chris, via Flickr. The People’s Republic of China recently celebrated the 75th...
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Good to Know: What is polarization?
And how did America get so polarized? (cc) Don Sniegowski (270)321-1268, via Canva. Americans are growing apart from one another – culturally, ideologically, racially, economically, and ideologically....
View ArticleGood Playlist: Political organizing and activism ▶️
Find the songs that inspire you to change the world. What is the connection between music and social movements? Consider Taylor Swift’s support of LGBTQ activism in “You Need to Calm Down”: Why are...
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What do international relations scholars think about the war in Gaza?
Scholars weigh in with different views of the Israel-Hamas war, campus protests, and divestment. (cc) US Naval War College, via Flickr. This summer, the Teaching, Research & International Policy...
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Three big questions about nuclear weapons
How worried should we be? Bikini Atoll mushroom cloud from U.S. nuclear test in July 1946 (cc) Library of Congress . Editors’ note: The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Japanese grassroots...
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The U.S. immigration debate is a mess. It’s different in Canada.
Canada’s Liberals and Conservatives have competing priorities, but both parties take a pragmatic approach. Photo by Jason Hafso on Unsplash. Much of the U.S. immigration discussion devolved into a...
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Kashmir held elections. India may not like the results.
Here’s what just happened. Omar Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir’s incoming chief minister (cc) Haider Ishfaq, via Wikimedia Commons. On Oct. 8, India’s election commission announced the results of...
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Anti-Haitian rhetoric is more than a 2024 GOP campaign stunt
Framing Haitians as a “threat” goes far beyond racism. And America has been doing this for two centuries. The Coast Guard returns 202 Haitian migrants to Haiti, March 2018 (cc) Coast Guard News, via...
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Are undecided voters still weighing their choices?
Our research on this group of potential voters yields some big clues. (cc) Ryan Greenberg, via Flickr. With less than a month to go before the 2024 election, the polls continue to show an extremely...
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In foreign policy, leaders’ emotions matter a great deal
The research in international relations suggests emotions and emotional responses can promote confrontation – or cooperation. Vice President Mike Pence and the U.S. delegation listen as President...
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