.Ana Catalano Weeks & Peter Allen investigate the way in which mainstream parties respond to far-right attacks against the prioritization of issues affecting minority groups, often shifting their focus to the working class in general instead. Read more here: bit.ly/38OUZrm

In a new piece for Politics, Groups, & Identities, @MargaretTBrower & David J. Knight (Columbia University) investigate the framing of urban inequalities within neighborhoods in regards to its impact on the political development of young adult POC. Read more here: bit.ly/3SVFwH4

.Chris W Bonneau & Kristin Kanthak (University of Pittsburgh) investigate if the presence of women candidates emboldens other women to run for office, finding that feelings about a particular candidate can determine whether they serve as inspiration. Read more here: bit.ly/3Qb5FRQ

For Politics, Groups, & Identities, Michael Hoffman & Emma Rosenberg explore the question of whether veil bans across Europe are reflective of actual religious practices, finding that higher religious attendance often reduces the probability of a veil ban. Read here: bit.ly/3u8YlwC

What prevents women legislators from prioritizing the interests of women? Kaitlin Senk identifies this factor as being a sense of political security, meaning that senior women legislators are more likely to substantively represent women. Read more here: bit.ly/3HKSfZq

For Politics, Groups, & Identities, Richard C. Barton & Spencer Piston explore how the framing of a WA ballot measure to increase taxes for the rich led to the measure’s failure, despite widespread public support for these tax increases. Read more here: bit.ly/3Cm6HmZ

How does survey data misrepresent elite behavior and how can observational data provide us with a clearer, more accurate picture? Marsela Dauti (Uppsala University) explores these questions for Politics, Groups, & Identities in an open access article. Read for FREE here: bit.ly/3hkFwnn

In a new piece, Jennifer Martinez-Medina uses a sample of farmworkers from the Oregon COVID-19 Farmworker Study to determine how farmworkers responded to the label of “essential worker,” highlighting a disaccord between the label and their treatment. Read more here: bit.ly/3VAG0EJ

For Politics, Groups, & Identities, Katrine Beauregard, Dr. Brenda O'Neill & Elisabeth Gidengil investigate how feminist self-identification informs support for independence using survey data from French-speaking women in Québec. Read more here: bit.ly/3CJt2xR

How did farmworkers interpret their “essential worker” labeling? Check out Politics, Groups, & Identities to hear what Oregon farmworkers had to say.

Gender equality has progressed drastically in recent decades, so what accounts for the continued hesitancy of male politicians to support policy change that advances gender equality? Christina Bergqvist, Elin Bjarnegård & Pär Zetterberg investigate. Read here bit.ly/3iE2Mx0

For Politics, Groups, & Identities, Anthony Kevins explores how voters reconcile the “competing signals” of candidates’ intersectional identities in evaluating these candidates using a survey experiment. Read this open access article for FREE here: bit.ly/3PymTrP

Brazil just completed an incredibly contentious presidential election cycle, culminating in the ousting of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Andrew Janusz explores the factors contributing to Afro-Brazilian political underrepresentation in Brazil. Read more here: bit.ly/3bSmLFf

For Politics, Groups, & Identities, Richard W. Waterman (University of Kentucky) explores the racist depictions of Black men, women, and children in film from 1894-1915, seeking to uncover public attitudes toward race reflected in these portrayals. Read more here: bit.ly/34Cdx6D

We'll be handing over the keys of the journal to the new editorial team today! A big thanks from all of the editorial team, led by Nadia Brown. It's been a fun ride! One last cute dog gif to take us out....

Many social media sites have implemented fact-checking features in an effort to combat misinformation. David S. Morris, Jonathan S. Morris & Peter L. Francia investigate the efficacy of fact-checking on dispelling political misinformation. Read here: bit.ly/3bUrzp6