Where do our political attitudes come from? Worldview Lab co-directors Stephen Vaisey and Christopher Johnston say that most research focuses on subjects in early to middle adulthood — by which point political views are often already solidified. Hoping to fill in the gaps, they've teamed up with Duke sociologist Jessi Streib and Bass Connections to conduct a study focused on 10–12-year-old children.| The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
Data visualizations that change the way we see things| debliu.substack.com
You Can Make Many Bizarre Claims in Academia IF You Frame Them as Advancing Social Justice| unsafescience.substack.com
The 2016 campaign is unfolding against a backdrop of intense partisan division and animosity. Partisans’ views of the opposing party are now more negative than at any point in nearly a quarter of a century.| Pew Research Center
Gaps between Republicans and Democrats over racial discrimination, immigration and poverty assistance have widened considerably in recent years.| Pew Research Center
The share of Americans who say science has had a mostly positive impact on society has fallen 16 percentage points since before the start of the coronavirus outbreak, from 73% in January 2019 to 57% today.| Pew Research Center