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New study finds “in cities where bike infrastructure was added, cycling had increased up to 48 percent more than in cities that did not add bike lanes.”https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/climate/bikes-climate-change.html?referringSource

Remember folks, the Electoral College:— Designed to increase power of slaveholding states via 3/5ths clause— Winner take all rules created, in part, to deny equal voice to Black voters— In

If folks want to drive in same direction as other traffic on public roads, they are free to do so. Those who don’t want to drive in the same direction

New cross-national study finds “nonviolent tactics strongly increase movement support relative to violent tactics & preference for nonviolent resistance is primarily driven by intrinsic commitments to the moral superiority of

“On Memorial Day 1927, 1,000 white-robed Klansmen marched through the Jamaica neighborhood, eventually spurring an all-out brawl in which seven men were arrested. One of those arrested was Fred Trump.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/news

My research found “law & order” helped Nixon win in 1968 yet today Trump’s effort is falling flat. How did Trump inherit 50 years of GOP advantage and then squander

Last week, following heavy press coverage of vigilante violence at protests, several analyses relied in part on my research to suggest Biden was likely to take a hit. A compelling

Studies find ”between one-third and one-half of total police killings each year are of people with disabilities or of people who are experiencing episodes of mental illness.”https://time.com/5857438/police-violence-black-disabled/ In Ma

I teach a class on film & politics. One week focuses on the rise of the contemporary White Power movement and related political violence. I want to share the main

A useful way to think about how protests work is a cascade model. Before a standing ovation, folks look around to see what others are doing. Signals from media +

Following protests against the police shooting of John Blake, today @DLeonhardt summarizes a debate that arose over my research: “should progressives worry about political strategy or almost always side with

A recent paper on infant mortality has been getting a lot of attention. A headline summarized: ”Black newborns more likely to die when looked after by White doctors.” There’s been