What social science has to say about racism in the Republican Party

Max Ehrenfreund of the Washington Post has an absolutely excellent piece about the expanding body of research by psychologists, economists and political scientists focusing on the issue of racism within the base of the Republican Party. The same argument has been applied to almost every recent presidential election: President Ronald…

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Debunking the myth of Donald Trump the “successful businessman”

A couple of weeks ago, Max Ehrenfreund of the Washington Post’s Wonk blog wrote an excellent piece outlining what a lackluster businessman Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has been, based his net worth now versus his net worth if he had done nothing but invest the money he started with…

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