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How Trump’s strategy echoes Jim Crow-era tactics
What W.E.B. Du Bois and “Wages of Whiteness” can teach us about the 2024 election. The Proud Boys march in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12, 2020, to support Donald Trump’s claim he won the 2020 election...
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Good to Know: The public is a thermostat
Why there is a never-ending cycle of governments doing something and the public wanting the opposite. Photo by Moja Msanii on Unsplash. Donald Trump secured both the popular vote and a governing...
View ArticleJohn Gibbs and the Unlimited Sound of Steel Orchestra, ‘Steel Funk’: The Week...
The sale of U.S. Steel is blocked. President Biden blocks the takeover of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel of Japan. The post John Gibbs and the Unlimited Sound of Steel Orchestra, ‘Steel Funk’: The Week In...
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2024’s big surprises in Middle Eastern politics
Nasrallah’s end, Netanyahu’s warrant, and Assad’s fall. Images combined on Canva (cc) Shark1989z via Wikimedia Commons. Last year was yet another eventful year in the Middle East. Much of what happened...
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Can democracy solve the climate crisis?
Multiple scholars weigh in, evaluating democratic flexibility vs. authoritarian control. Photo by Daniel Gimbel on Unsplash. Happy new year! Yes, 2024 was the hottest year on record. The United States...
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How Jair Bolsonaro plotted to steal Brazil’s 2022 election
Brazil’s democracy faced a major test, according to the police report on this coup attempt. Bolsonaro supporters, unhappy that incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro lost the October 2022 election,...
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Trump still wants to buy Greenland. He’s making a dangerous mistake.
Trump doesn’t seem to understand that nations don’t buy and sell territory any more. Photo by Visit Greenland on Unsplash. Editors’ note: Good Authority editor Stacie Goddard revisits her analysis of...
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Good to Know: Sovereign debt
Sovereign borrowing is central to what governments do – but increasingly costly, even for wealthy democracies. Photo by Eric Prouzet on Unsplash; image combined on Canva. In late November 2024, as...
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How Michael Waltz might guide White House foreign policy
What Waltz’s 2014 memoir tells us about Trump’s next national security advisor. Congressman Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) meets with Florida National Guardsmen deployed to Washington D.C., on June 8, 2020 (US...
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Yvette Clarke leads a new era for the Congressional Black Caucus
Clarke draws from the CBC’s legacy of strong Black women leaders. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), addresses a 2017 town hall meeting (cc) JV Santore, via Flickr. The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has a...
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Good to Know: What is a ceasefire?
And what are the prospects for the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas? Photo by Joshua Sukoff on Unsplash. After 15 months of devastating war, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal, to...
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What the TikTok saga teaches us about platform power in politics
TikTok is turning its relationships with users into political might. The events of the last couple of days around TikTok demonstrate how “platform power,” a political science concept developed by...
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Trump’s executive orders: Everybody loves butter
Here’s the rundown on executive orders, from FDR to Biden. President Donald J. Trump displays an executive order on “Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal...
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Can Trump manage immigration effectively – and not just reduce it?
Research suggests that’s what voters really care about, not immigrant numbers. U.S.-Mexico border at Nogales, Arizona, February 2019 (cc) Ignatian Solidarity Network, via Flickr. Last month, New York...
View ArticleThe Fall, ‘Second Dark Age’: The Week In One Song
Somehow Trump returned! President Trump takes over for a second time. The post The Fall, ‘Second Dark Age’: The Week In One Song appeared first on Good Authority.
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The problems with that viral poll blaming Harris’ loss on Gaza
Asking people the reasons for their vote doesn’t tell us much. An Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City on Oct. 9, 2023 leveled several buildings (cc) Naaman Omar/APAimages, Palestinian...
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What’s next for South Korean democracy?
Jean Hong discusses Korea’s January 6th moment, the emergence of a Korean far right, and democratic resilience. Photo by Daniel Bernard on Unsplash After declaring martial law in December 2024,...
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Why African women view China’s influence differently than men
Here’s what explains the very different outlook on greater Chinese engagement in Africa. Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrives in Beijing for the September 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation...
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How to explain the weird ideas of RFK Jr.
“Intuitionism” is the key. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at a February 2024 campaign rally in Tucson, Arizona (cc) Gage Skidmore, via Flickr. Senate confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. began...
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A lot of Democrats might agree with Trump about TikTok
But here’s why the TikTok drama isn’t likely to mark a significant political move. Image combined on canva.com (cc) Nordskov Media and Gage Skidmore. In June 2020, anti-Trump TikTok users orchestrated...
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