Katherine Levine Einstein

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    Few big-city mayors see running for higher office as appealing

Few big-city mayors see running for higher office as appealing

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Former mayors are not unknown in Congress and in governors’ mansions – but does running a big city act as a springboard for higher office? To answer this question, Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, Maxwell Palmer and Robert J. Pressel collected data from nearly 200 large US cities and interviewed 94 mayors. They find that mayors are not […]

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    New research finds little evidence of anti-black racial bias by public housing authorities

New research finds little evidence of anti-black racial bias by public housing authorities

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Despite great strides in Civil Rights and representation, there are still concerns over racial bias in the provision of public services. In new research Katherine Levine Einstein and David Glick examined whether or not access to public housing is affected by racial bias by sending emails with ostensibly black, white, and Hispanic names to more than 1,000 housing authorities. […]

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    How exposure to conspiracy theories can reduce trust in government.

How exposure to conspiracy theories can reduce trust in government.

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Conspiracy theories are not new – from theories about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to concerns that 9/11 might have been an ‘inside job’, alternative explanations about important events have an appeal to many parts of the population. In new research, Katherine Levine Einstein and David M. Glick find that people who are exposed to conspiracy theories […]

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