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Good Authority, John SidesGood Authority’s mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience. Here, political scientists draw on their expertise and the discipline’s research to provide in-depth analysis, illuminate the news, and inform the political conver
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How people decide who’s deserving in politics
One way to think about public policy is whether you support the means or the ends. Evaluating, say, tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases means deciding whether you want more EV purchases and whether tax rebates are the right way to in...
Why Washington keeps misreading Iran
ROYA IZADI
The U.S.-Israel war with Iran is now entering its sixth month. Despite a widespread and sustained campaign to decapitate Iran’s political and military leadership, the Iranian government has not surrendered. And Iran’s armed forc...
Movies to help understand the politics of immigration ▶️
JESUS E. ROJAS VENZOR
Popular media has been revolutionary in presenting complex ideas in a manageable manner. Included here are films included in my Politics of Immigration course syllabus. Some of the scenes in these films provide insigh...
Africans want freedoms their governments aren’t delivering
JOSEPH ASUNKA, ANNE OKELLO, AND BERNICE APPIAH
In Burkina Faso, the military-led government suspended the largest student union in May 2026 for criticizing the junta. In Zambia, a major international digital-rights summit was cancelled aft...
Good to Know: How contact with the carceral state affects our politics
GENEVA COLE
In early 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE) ramped up enforcement operations. The new Trump administration crackdown included street arrests across the country, detentions, and deportations. These efforts...
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Good Authority’s mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience.
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