Informed Weekend: 10 Links I Learned From This Week (Vol. 16)

Here are the ten(ish) links I learned from this week:

  1. Presidential Election Update
    1. Clinton wins Arizona, Sanders wins Utah and Idaho (Vox)
    2. Trump wins Arizona, Cruz wins Utah (Vox)
    3. Jeb Bush endorses Ted Cruz (FiveThirtyEight)
    4. Why the Republican Establishment Doesn’t Like John Kasich (The New York Times Magazine)
  2. Terrorist attacks in Belgium
    1. What social science can tell us about the terrorist attacks in Belgium (The Washington Post)
    2. U.S. Politicians React to the Attacks in Brussels (The Atlantic)
  3. Obama goes to Cuba!
    1. Obamas historic trip to Cuba: a brief guide to what it means and why it matters (Vox)
    2. Raul Castro, Obama spar on human rights, Guantanamo, views of U.S. and Cuba (The Washington Post)
  4. The Supreme Court hands down it’s First 4-4 Ruling (The Atlantic)
  5. After the political science relevance revolution (The Washington Post)
  6. The Purpose of on-line Discussion (Digital Pedagogy Lab)

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Informed Weekend: 10 Links I Learned From This Week (Vol. 15)

Here are the ten(ish) links I learned from this week:

  1. Presidential Election Update
    1. Democratic Primary
      1. Clinton wins big: Hillary Clinton had an amazing night – and not just because of her victories (Vox)
        1. Further reading: Do gendered comments help or hurt Hillary Clinton? (The Washington Post)
      2. Bernie’s chances: Here’s the math for Bernie Sanders going forward. It doesn’t look good (Vox)
    2. Republican Primary
      1. Kasich wins Ohio: Why John Kasich is Still Standing (The Atlantic)
        1. Further Reading: John Kasich is the establishment’s last best hope against Trump (Vox)
      2. Rubio drops out: Marco Rubio just quit the race. The establishment couldn’t save him. (Vox)
    3. A Brokered Convention? Think a ‘brokered’ convention is undemocratic? Think again. (The Washington Post)
  2. Trump… again
    1. Trump changes how voters view the other Republican candidates. Here’s how. (The Washington Post)
    2. Trump Voters’ Aversion to Foreign-Sounding Names Cost Him Delegates (FiveThirtyEight)
  3. Merrick Garland Nominated to Supreme Court
    1. Merrick Garland’s probably-doomed, strategically interesting nomination, explained (Vox)
    2. The Supreme Court Confirmation Battle Begins (The Atlantic)
    3. The Nomination of Merrick Garland is a Victory for Judicial Restraint (The Atlantic)
  4. Four things ever voter needs to know (The Ohio State University)

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Informed Weekend: 10 Links I Learned From This Week (Vol. 14)

Here are the ten(ish) links I learned from this week:

  1. Battered by drop in oil prices and Jindal’s fiscal policies: Louisiana falls into budget crisis (The Washington Post)
  2. Pushback: The 2016 presidential election is putting the most influential political-science book in recent memory to a stiff test (The Economist)
  3. Sanders keeps raising millions – and spending them, a potential problem for Clinton (The Washington Post)
  4. Bernie Sanders wins Michigan after trailing by more than 20 points in the polls (Vox)
    1. Further Reading: Why the polls totally underestimated Bernie Sanders in Michigan (Vox)
  5. Why Florida and Ohio are the only states left that really matter in the GOP race, in three charts (The Washington Post)
  6. More on Trump
    1. Donald Trump’s poll numbers show a big divide between Christians and churchgoing Christians (Vox)
    2. Trump’s voters aren’t authoritarians, new research says. So what are they? (The Washington Post)
  7. Is Digital Privacy Becoming a Partisan Issue? (The Atlantic)
  8. Ben Carson to Endorse Donald Trump (The New York Times)

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Informed Weekend: 10 Links I Learned From This Week (Vol. 13)

Here are the ten(ish) links I learned from this week:

  1. Bernie is Not a Socialist and America is Not Capitalist (The Atlantic)
  2. America loves women like Hillary Clinton – as long as they’re not asking for a promotion (Quartz)
    1. Further Reading: Is Hillary losing the women’s vote? Nope. Here’s how the gender gap really works. (The Washington Post)
  3. Presidential Election Update
    1. Chris Christie endorses Donald Trump: 4 Reasons Chris Christie endorsed Donald Trump (The Washington Post)
    2. Clinton and Trump win big on Super Tuesday: 3 winners and 2 losers from Super Tuesday (Vox)
      1. Further Reading: The Republican Party now has 14 days to stop Trump (Vox)
    3. Ben Carson is Out! Well… not officially (yet): Ben Carson Admits that His Campaign is Over (The Atlantic)
      1. Further Reading: Ben Carson is essentially ending his campaign. Here’s how it all went wrong. (Vox)
      2. As of 3/4/2016, Ben Carson officially ends his bid for president (The New York Times)
    4. Mitt Romney speaks out against Trump (Vox)
  4. How Political Science helps explain the rise of Trump
    1. Most voters aren’t ideologues (The Washington Post)
    2. The role of white identity and grievances (The Washington Post)
    3. It’s the economy, stupid (The Washington Post)
    4. The rise of American authoritarianism (Vox)
    5. Who are Donald Trump’s Supporters, Really? (The Atlantic)
  5. Supreme Court Hears Texas Abortion Case
    1. How the Supreme Court Case Could Change Women’s Access to Abortion (The New York Times)
    2. The world’s abortion policies, explained in 7 charts and maps (The Washington Post)
  6. Opinion: Why Can’t the G.O.P. Stop Trump? (The New York Times)

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