In light of the UK extreme-right (ER) riots & Tommy Robinson's role in them, our conditionally accepted British Jnl Poli Sci paper w/Florian Foos shows a causal effect of media exposure to extreme right actors, incl. Robinson, on support for extreme right views: osf.io/preprints/soca… 1/11

Simple but powerful dataviz - correlation of abortion attitudes on Republican vote in 2020 is close to *four times* that of 1980 🗳️

Another profound contribution from Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social ⬇️ People agree on what the status order looks like, which groups are valued and stigmatized along both racial and class lines. They disagree on whether it's fair and how to change it.

For the first time in American history — and thanks to the Biden-Harris Inflation Reduction Act — the unionization rate in clean energy jobs is higher than in the energy sector as a whole 👷🏽‍♀️👷‍♂️👷🏾 energy.gov/sites/default/…

I cannot recommend applying for this position strongly enough. Working with Ann-Kristin Kölln has been a wonderful research experience at a great department at Göteborgs universitet / University of Gothenburg. Anyone interested in political parties and factions should consider applying.

The narrative that the UK, a rich country with a sovereign currency, is or can go broke is dishonest nonsense. It also structurally disempowers any progressive project, touching on almost any issue. Climate, public services, gender equality, housing, workers rights, you name it

A perfect day today to re-share our paper on unions PNASNews. We find that Americans systematically underestimate the material benefits associated with union membership. #LaborDay2024 Check it out here: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

A massive, but incredibly fragile majority.

Saved by anti-fascist strategic votes, Macron has blocked a (plurality) left govt and formed a right-wing govt. It relies on far-right support Le Pen can withdraw at any time. 2027 presidential elections begin with the center having destroyed the Republican Front. Dangerous.

Really can’t recommend this book highly enough. A must read for people interested in redistribution attitudes.