New index of economic marginalisation helps explain Trump, Brexit and alt.right
New measure of 32 countries' economic balance places UK and US near bottom of the pile.
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Expert reaction: how Trump’s big night unfolded across the US
From coast to coast, the 2016 election has torn up the usual order.
Why March 15 will be make-or-break for the presidential candidates
Trump's momentum is unchecked by establishment critics, Sanders surprises in Michigan and other key takeaways from the voting on March 8.
What the Flint water scandal says about US politics in 2016
A lead poisoning crisis caused by corroded pipes has made Flint, Michigan a symbol of American inequality.
Flint’s water crisis is a blatant example of environmental injustice
If Flint, Michigan were an affluent suburb, would residents have been exposed as long to drinking toxic water? Pioneering scholar Robert Bullard calls Flint's crisis a classic case of environmental discrimination
Learning from others, Michigan considers best options for future fracking
Different states and countries with shale gas can benefit from the mistakes made by other regions that rushed into fracking. Here’s one state’s plan.
What are the costs of Detroit’s rise from bankruptcy?
Earlier this month, we learned that the biggest municipal bankruptcy in history would also be among the swiftest. The emergency manager for Detroit filed for bankruptcy in the summer of 2013 without a…
Affirmative action should be viewed in global context
“Affirmative action won’t be around for much longer, ” said one of our professors twenty years ago, advising against writing a dissertation on this topic. The United States Supreme Court’s Schuette decision…
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