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

1. Presidential Election Update
   1. Clinton and Sanders reach the limits of their patience (The Washington Post)
   2. 2 winners and 3 losers of Thursday’s Democratic primary debate (Vox)
   3. The 2016 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet (The Atlantic)
   4. Republicans have a candidate who could take back the White House. They’re just not voting for him (Vox)
2. Voter anger is mostly about party, not social class (The Washington Post)
   1. Further Reading: American Anger: It’s Not the Economy. It’s the Other Party. (The Upshot)
3. Zika Causes Birth Defects, C.D.C. Officials Confirm (The New York Times)
   1. Further Reading: CDC confirms that Zika causes microcephaly, other birth defects (The Washington Post)
4. In 6 graphs, here’s why young Democratic women don’t support Hillary Clinton as much as older women do (The Washington Post)
5. The Paradox of Finding Motivation Through Fear (The New York Times)
6. Graphs that will make you gasp: Status of Women in Political Science (American Political Science Association)
7. The Best – and Worst – States to Avoid Income Taxes (Bloomberg News)

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“Bernie Bros” by Lauren Ratliff

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

1. Presidential Election Update
   1. Bernie wins Wisconsin
   2. Cruz wins Wisconsin, beating Trump
2. These two maps are incredibly revealing about who’s voting for Trump and why (The Washington Post)
3. Panama Papers? What are those?
   1. The Panama Papers leak, explained with an adorable comic about piggy banks (Vox)
   2. The 8 most important things to read to understand the Panama Papers document leak (Vox)
   3. The Panama Papers are super awkward for Beijing (The Washington Post)
   4. The Panama Papers show something that Bernie Sanders gets right about the economy (Vox)
4. One Person, One Vote, Eight Justices (The Atlantic)
5. Why are so many Democrats and Republicans Pretending to Be Independents (The Washington Post)
6. The Researchers Who Sank a Bogus Canvassing Study Have Replicated Some of its Findings (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

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“Wisconsin Primary” by tadfad (CC BY-NC 2.0)

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

1. Presidential Election Update
   1. Sanders wins Washington, Hawaii and Alaska. But will they be enough? (Vox)
   2. The presidential campaign is making Americans like Obama – and that’s good for Dems in November (Vox)
   3. The more people pay attention to the 2016 campaign, the more it bums them out (The Washington Post)
   4. Does Hillary Clinton’s gender hurt her among male voters? Political scientists weigh in. (Vox)
   5. How the candidates’ tax plans will affect you, in 4 charts (Vox)
2. New data show how liberal Merrick Garland really is (The Washington Post)
3. Here’s why economists should be more humble, even when they have great ideas (The Washington Post)
4. Public sector unions just avoided a huge defeat at the Supreme Court (Vox)
5. Failure is Moving Science Forward (FiveThirtyEight)
6. How to Manage Your Inner Critic (Lean In)
7. We’re in a new era of international cooperation against terrorism. Is that good or bad? (The Washington Post)

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Barak Obama by Jose Luis Agapito (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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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“Old Havana Series” by Nick Kenrick (CC BY 2.0)

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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“Marco Rubio” by Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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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“Bernie Sanders 104 03/04/2016” by Todd Church (CC BY 2.0)

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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“Ben Carson” by Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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

1. Video: What Can People Do to Get Better at Learning? (The Atlantic)
2. How to change someone’s mind, according to science (The Washington Post)
3. Every single Democratic superdelegate, in one chart (Vox)
4. Is Guantanamo a Terrorist Recruitment Tool? (The Atlantic)
   1. Further Reading: The fatal flaw in Obama’s plan to close Guantanoamo Bay (Vox)
5. Caucus and Primary Updates
   1. Nevada Democratic Caucus, February 20: Winner = Hillary Clinton
   2. Nevada Republican Caucus, February 23: Winner = Donald Trump
   3. South Carolina Republican Primary, February 20: Winner = Donald Trump
   4. South Carolina Democratic Primary, February 27: Winner = Hillary Clinton
6. Discussion: Can Republicans Stop Trump?
   1. The rise of Donald Trump is a terrifying moment in American politics (Vox)
   2. Republicans’ Last-Ditch Hope To Stop Donald Trump (FiveThirtyEight)
   3. The Republican Party is broken (Vox)
7. An Elegy for the Jeb Bush Campaign (The Atlantic)
   1. Further Reading: Jeb Bush’s Path to Defeat Began a Year Ago (FiveThirtyEight)

“Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Here are the ten links I learned from this week:

1. Read Justice Ginsburg’s moving tribute to her “best buddy” Justice Scalia (Vox)
2. Outside spending for 2016 hits $200m (OpenSecrets)
3. 9 questions about Cuba you were too embarrassed to ask (Vox)
4. The remarkably different answers men and women give when asked who’s the smartest in the class (The Washington Post)
5. Why it’s So Hard to Prove Zika is Causing Birth Defects (FiveThirtyEight)
6. Hillary Clinton’s Candidacy Reveals Generational Schism Among Women (The New York Times)
7. Why the Congressional Black Caucus endorsement of Hillary Clinton is a really big deal (The Washington Post)
8. What are Democratic superdelegates? A cartoon explainer. (Vox)
   1. Further Reading: Everything you need to know about delegate math in the presidential primary (The Washington Post)
9. Every presidential 7^th year ranked, from Washington to Obama (Vox)
10. Get up to speed fast on the giant political fight over replacing Antonin Scalia (Vox)
    1. How Scalia Compared with Other Justices (The New York Times)
    2. How Scalia’s death reshapes four Supreme Court cases (BBC News)
    3. Scalia Was Almost Never the Most Conservative Justice on The Supreme Court (FiveThirtyEight)

“Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia” by Stephen Masker (CC BY 2.0)