News in Brief A Majority of U.S. Republicans Finally Agree That Being Gay Is Morally Acceptable A look at the latest survey responses from Gallup. Lisa Wade
News in Brief Partisan Politics Could Mean Jail Time for Innocent People Research shows that Republican-leaning states are less likely to pass laws to protect against wrongful convictions. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief How Our Political System Would Change If Black People Lived Longer And why Republicans might not want to increase life expectancy among the electorate. Jay Livingston
News in Brief The Republican Reality Show The excessive number of presidential candidates is a feature, not a bug. Seth Masket
News in Brief Why Hasn’t the Republican Party Decided on a Frontrunner? Party insiders will pick the Republican presidential nominee, but so far they're largely silent. Seth Masket
News in Brief The Trans-Pacific Partnership Spells Doom for the Era of Trade Resistance Politics And the Democratic Party is finding out the hard way. Jared Keller
News in Brief Do the Categories of Democrat and Republican Reflect American Values? Just because you fall outside the two ideologies we consider mainstream doesn't mean your political positions aren't logical, reasoned, and consistent. Jack Delehanty
News in Brief Both Parties Are Over the Death Penalty Years of polling show that Democrats and Republicans are increasingly turning away from the death penalty. Gregory Ferenstein
News in Brief Politics & Law Previous Site Sections What the Passover Story Teaches Us About Voting Behavior Ancient Israelites and modern voters want to know what you've done for them lately. Seth Masket
News in Brief Yes, Extremists Can Get Elected President It will be hard for someone like Ted Cruz to earn his party's nomination. But if he does, he'll have a decent chance at winning the White House. Seth Masket