The article looks at Chris Graville, the attorney for the St. Louis Police Board of Commissioners, and the conflicts of interest that many activists and reformers worked to stop after the murder of Michael Brown. The article is a piece of Churiwal's senior thesis.
The article, titled "How Lego Became a Go-To Meme of the Propaganda Wars," discusses recent AI propaganda videos utilizing Lego characters addressing the war between Iran and the US.
The article looks at Vedder's research regarding compulsory sex-marking and the impact of abolishing the practice on freedom and autonomy for all people.
Motolinia discusses her new book, Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior, and helps answer the questions "Why do supposedly accountability-enhancing electoral reforms often fail in young democracies? How can legislators serve their constituents when parties control the necessary resources?" with host Dr. Miranda Melcher from Kings College London.
From student leadership at WashU to her role in the Tennessee Senate, Akbari’s work has centered on coalition-building and steady progress.
The initiative strikes a vital balance between AI and commitments to student formation, knowledge development and discovery across the university’s research and education enterprises, and features work by teams lead by Political Science chair Betsy Sinclair.
WashU’s St. Louis Policy Initiative, lead by Political Science faculty member, Matthew Gabel, is tracking where food pantries are located across the region to identify gaps in access and prepare for future shortages.
Most voters are generally aware that most politicians are wealthier than they are. But do they know just how big this gap is? In new research covering the United States, Brazil, Chile, and India, Marko Klašnja and Lucia Motolinia find that the richest politicians are far wealthier than voters imagine. And while they determine that voters want politicians to be less wealthy, telling them the truth about politicians’ wealth makes little difference to their attitudes towards their elected representatives.