By contrast, African-Americans tend to feel more informed about politics, their neighborhood, and pop culture than they were... and the gap is very wide. Read more
Then as now, voters told pollsters that they were highly impressed with the informed policy proposals of their preferred candidates, but what they really responded to were the platitudes. Read more
Voters think that the country will be more divided with him as president, and that he's been very bad for the GOP—but they’re ready to vote for him anyway. Read more
What was once a debate about elevating standards in higher education has become a challenge to their existence, and more broadly, an excuse to ignore even the most basic forms of propriety. Read more
The staunchly conservative activist, who detested modern feminism and loved nuclear weapons (and recently endorsed Donald Trump), died last weekend at age 92. Read more
Amanda Seligman’s new book Chicago’s Block Clubs: How Neighbors Shape the City uncovers the history of these little-studied groups. Here’s what we learned. Read more
