As national political fights are waged at the state level, democracy itself pays the price Over
the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally …

Presidential election years attract attention to the rhetoric, personalities, and agendas of
contending White House aspirants, but these headlines do not reflect the ongoing political …

Political scientists often characterize state and local governments as marginal and highly
constrained in policymaking. However, I suggest that in recent decades state governments …

Abstract The Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers a window into modem American federalism-
and modern American nationalism-in action. The ACA's federalism is defined not by …

Confronting whiteness could complement and amplify the study of Critical Race Theory and
enhance psychologists' capacity to effectively study and address health and social issues …

Social policies can transform the lives of the poor and marginalized, yet inequitable
implementation often limits their access. Uneven Social Policies shifts the focus of welfare …

A classic constitutional parable teaches that our federal system of government allows states
to function as “laboratories of democracy.” This tale has been passed down from generation …

Winner of the 2017 Mac Jewell Enduring Contribution Award of the APSA's State Politics
and Policy Section. Politics in the American States, Eleventh Edition, brings together the …

Profound racial inequities were entrenched in crucial domains of American life long before
COVID-19. In the wake of the pandemic, these preexisting disparities deepened. Housing …

Can data-driven innovations, working across an internet of connected things, personalize
health insurance prices? The emergence of self-tracking technologies and their adoption …