This page shows a weekly updated list of the past week’s ten most popular blog posts by readership.

  1. What Happened?: Arizona turned blue in the 2020 presidential election, but the Republicans still control the state. – Eldrid Herrington – 21  January

  2. “Gay” or “Homosexual”: the words we use can divide public opinion on civil rights – Brianna A. Smith – 8 December 2017

  3. Globalisation has contributed to declining levels of religious freedom across the world – Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom and Gizem Arikan – 17 July 2014

  4. Americans are in favor of interracial marriage until they are asked about their own family – Yanyi K. Djamba and Sitawa R. Kimuna – 11 August 2014

  5. What Happened?: The 2020 election showed that libertarians have a long way to go before they can become a national movement. – Jeffrey Michels and Olivier Lewis – 23 December 2020

  6. How nationalism can be a force for good in the struggle against Covid-19 – Robert Schertzer and Eric Taylor Woods – 9 April 2020

  7. What Happened?: Florida has already sounded a 2024 warning for Joe Biden – Kevin Fahey – 18 February

  8. Many Democrats think that the 2016 election result was rigged – Betsy Sinclair, Steven S. Smith and Patrick Tucker – 11 September 2018

  9. What Happened?: In 2020, Iowa moved from swing state to safe state. – Andrew Green – 14 May 2021

  10. Obama’s legacy is as a disappointingly conventional president– David Wise – 30 April 2019