Xenophobia

New research points to a possible precursor to America's suicide and opioid epidemics.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research finds that residents of the Southeast, Midwest, and Mountain Northwest are more likely to view the caravan as a threat than their counterparts in the Northeast and Southwest—where immigrants make up a larger share of the local population.

• By Massoud Hayoun

New research finds that majority-group members are wary of newcomers who hold dual identities.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research finds that ethnocentrism and political oppression are more prevalent in the southern part of the Northern Hemisphere, and vice-versa.

• By Tom Jacobs

White Americans hold many negative stereotypes about undocumented workers.

• By Tom Jacobs

People holding German flags arrive at a right-wing protest gathering near a statue of Karl Marx the day after a man was stabbed and died of his injuries on August 27th, 2018, in Chemnitz, Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Most of the Islamophobic incidents detailed in a new report involved restricted travel following the administration's repeated attempts to enact a travel ban affecting people from Muslim-majority nations.

• By Massoud Hayoun

New research finds nationalism is not strongly associated with anti-immigrant views.

• By Tom Jacobs

Anti-immigrant rhetoric may affect a broader population of people than previously thought.

• By Ashley Hackett

New research suggests Trump's anti-immigrant message kick-started his campaign.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research finds fears of a major demographic shift can evoke anger, which, in turn, produces prejudice.

• By Tom Jacobs

But it's got everything to do with xenophobia.

• By Jared Keller

"There is a TV crew here from Texas called Infowars. They are the good ones—they are for Trump. Be nice to them."

• By Jacob Kushner

And what to make of his indictment of the xenophobia plaguing Europe’s left.

• By Massoud Hayoun

A political scientist offers some preliminary thoughts on why the election results surprised pretty much everyone.

• By Tom Jacobs

National pride, not economic dislocation, fuels the current wave of right-wing populism.

• By Jim Russell

In the aftermath of the horrific terror attacks in Paris, it's important that the West not play right into the terrorist state's hands.

• By Jared Keller