Category: PSC Research Highlights
Duke junior Zander Pitrus was featured in a Wall Street Journal article discussing the changing campus climate for conservative students. The stigma surrounding Republican affiliation…
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Turning 30 in 2024: What the 2024 Election Means to Me Taylor A. Mayberry (MBA ’26) Sep 19, 2024 Share on Facebook 𝕏 Share on…
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A Student Perspective: The 2024 Republican Presidential Primary Debate Jordan Phillips (’26) Apr 24, 2024 Share on Facebook 𝕏 Share on Twitter Share on Email…
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Polis Student Reflection: The Biden Interview with John Harwood Rosa Golchin (’26) Rosa Golchin (’26) Veteran journalist John Harwood, the 2023-24 Polis Distinguished Fellow, conducted…
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Polis Student Committee member Chloe Decker (PPS ’25) asserts that the North Carolina Democratic Party is “celebrating fresh starts” as seen in the Party’s election…
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On February 16 and 17, Duke University’s DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy and University of North Carolina’s Center for Sustainability and Innovation in Local Media co-hosted the 2023…
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Polis Student Committee member Cameron Oglesby (MPP ’23) writes for Yale Climate Connection on community activism after historic floods ravaged the Southeast this past summer. Local community members and…
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After months of rising tensions, Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The conflict has had a staggering humanitarian toll: 2,685 civilians have been killed and another 4.1 million refugees have fled their homes. The EU crisis commissioner warned Europe to prepare for over seven million internally displaced Ukrainians; this level of displacement would make Ukraine the largest refugee crisis in recent memory. Given Jake Sullivan’s prediction the war will continue for “months,” the crisis will only escalate further.
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PSC Midterm Election Reflections: Massachusetts Mackenzie Sheehy (’26) Major Races Governor: With Republican Charlie Baker not up for re-election after eight years in office, the…
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PSC Midterm Election Reflections: Arizona Katelyn Cai (PPS ’26) In 2020, the once-GOP stronghold Arizona turned blue, helping hand the presidency of the United States…
Comments closedPSC Midterm Election Reflections: Michigan Jamie Chornoby (MPP ’24) The decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) overturned Roe v. Wade (1973) and…
Comments closedPSC Midterm Election Reflections: South Dakota Jordan Phillips (’26) South Dakota’s comfortably conservative voter base exempts it from the potential for sweeping policy changes in…
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PSC Midterm Election Reflections: North Carolina Sherman Criner V (PPS ’26) Cheri Beasley Cheri Beasley is the Democratic nominee for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat…
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PSC Midterm Election Reflections: North Carolina Chloe Decker (PPS ’25) A Personal Primary I was born and raised in Murphy, North Carolina–the westernmost town in…
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Polis Student Committee members were interviewed by the NHK, a Japanese public broadcaster on the upcoming midterm elections. Students talked about threats to democracy, polarization,…
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