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A new Yale study investigates what types of public health messages are most effective at convincing people to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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A new study suggests messages from trusted religious leaders can persuade people to welcome former members of the terrorist group back into their communities.
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Public health messaging that emphasizes protecting others’ health is also more effective at promoting the habit in the U.S., a new Yale co-authored study finds.
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New study shows presidents intentionally leave positions vacant or fill them with interim appointees, who help wield authority without Senate confirmation.
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A new study concludes that people switching their votes from Democrat to Republican better explains the GOP’s success in 2016 than did increased turnout.
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Political scientists Stephen Skowronek and John Dearborn discuss their new book, “Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic,” and the expansion of executive power.
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Political economist Kenneth Scheve has been named the Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs.
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A Yale-led study found that the process states use to prune voter rolls incorrectly marks significant percentages of voters as having changed addresses.
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American opposition to increased government spending crosses partisan lines. A new Yale-led study shows that it also crosses racial lines.
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Yale political scientist Elizabeth Nugent discusses “After Repression,” her new book on the outcome of 2011’s Arab Spring in Tunisia and Egypt.