Society, Law & Politics
- Law Professor Benjamin Levin discusses the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and criminal justice reform, police unions and their role in policymaking, and mass incarceration in the United States.
- With results still being counted, threats of lawsuits and some suggesting it could be days or even weeks before the presidential race is resolved, election night was far from decisive. But a few things did emerge as certain.
- Social groups with a mix of hasty and more deliberate decision-makers may have the best chance of making the right choices, according to new mathematical research.
- The highest court in sports ruled that Blake Leeper cannot compete in the Olympic Games in Tokyo because his prostheses give him a competitive advantage. ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder studies suggest otherwise, and the researchers who conducted those studies say the ruling is discriminatory.
- Joe Biden and John Hickenlooper hold high single-digit leads in Colorado, according to the new Colorado Political Climate Survey released by the American Politics Research Lab at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder. The poll found that while the state's women are leaning overwhelmingly blue, Donald Trump holds a slight lead among Colorado men, and male voters are split evenly on the U.S. Senate race.
- In a new book, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder's Anand Sokhey details his research on whether yard signs work, what they say about us and how they shape our neighborhoods.
- Carla Fredericks, an associate professor of law, helped organize a campaign that changed the NFL.
- Researchers found Republican traders were more optimistic about a stock market rebound than non-Republicans.
- A new book by ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder ethnographer Benjamin Teitelbaum explores the ultra-right spiritual ideology inspiring Steve Bannon, the former Trump strategist and other ‘global power brokers.’
- Colorado Law's Silicon Flatirons Center recently hosted Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra, Rep. Joe Neguse, CEO Anne Toth and Director of Global Public Policy Lisl Brunner, among others.