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Gen Z Voters Are Steady to Influence the 2024 Elections
By Diane WongJanuary 5, 2024 We are less than one year out from the 2024 Elections and the future of the country couldn’t be more uncertain: inflation is at an all-time high, extreme climate events have devastated communities in Maui and elsewhere, there have been more mass shootings than days in the year, all the
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The 2024 Election, Abortion, LGBTQ Rights, and Affirmative Action (November 2023)
About the Survey The GenForward November survey is a project of Professor Cathy J. Cohen at the University of Chicago. Interviews were conducted with a representative sample from GenForwardSM, a nationally representative survey panel of adults recruited and administered by NORC at the University of Chicago. The toplines for this survey include survey findings, questions,
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Data – Perspectives on Community Safety from Black America (March 2023)
About the Survey The GenForward survey is a project of Professor Cathy J. Cohen at the University of Chicago. Interviews were conducted with a representative sample recruited and administered by NORC at the University of Chicago. The toplines for this survey include survey findings, questions, responses, demographics, and the complete study methodology. The March 2023
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Lessons in Empowerment: The Civic Potential of Historically Grounded Conversations among Racially Marginalized Youth
By Matthew D. Nelsen Matt NelsenNovember 9, 2023 Civic education is associated with the development of democratic capacity. However, this concept is measured using a limited battery of metrics (e.g., trust in government) that do not adequately capture the political sentiments of racially marginalized youth. Drawing from conversations with Chicago high school students and their
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Fighting Back to Move Forward: Defending the Freedom to Learn
The African American Policy Forum is excited to be Fighting Back to Move Forward at this year’s Critical Race Theory Summer School! Our founder and leader Prof. Cathy Cohen will participate in the event, which will focus on the “war on woke,” a dog whistle campaign conservatives have mobilized to undermine our democracy, impair public
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Under attack: fighting the assaults on black queer and black feminist studies
It seems like literally every day those on the right are drafting, and sometimes passing, more legislation that curtails investigation, discussion, and the teaching of subject matter related to racism, white supremacy, and anti-blackness, with such efforts often portrayed as a necessary kind of corrective to what they call or we used to call “woke
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Seeding Democracy, Political Activism Through Robust Debate
“There are decades of research to show that having open conversations about politics—even at times contentious—are associated with students who have higher rates of political knowledge and with greater intent to vote later on in adulthood.” Matthew D. NelsenAssistant professor for the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences Department of Political Science “…if
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Perspective: Young Diverse Americans Resisted the “Red Wave” in this Year’s Midterms
By Jenn M. JacksonJanuary 25, 2023 Supposedly, the big news out of this year’s midterms election cycle was going to be the “Red Wave.” Unfortunately for Republicans, the “wave” has been recharacterized as a “splash” or “ripple.” While Republicans took control of the House, they failed to take control of the Senate. And, across the country, Democratic
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Perspective: Youth Hold the Power to Reshape America’s Electoral Future
By Diane WongDecember 14, 2022 Prior to the midterm elections in November, pollsters and analysts projected that a “red wave” would take over Congress, with Republicans gaining battleground seats and other state offices. To everyone’s surprise including the Democrats, losses were kept to a minimum with the Democrats retaining the Senate and losing control of
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Survey Highlight — Abortion, January 6th, And The Midterm Elections (July 2022)
Highlights from the July 2022 Survey The July 2022 GenForward Survey asked over 2000 (2,555) young adults between the ages of 18 and 40 about their views on the economy, the upcoming midterm elections, abortion, privacy rights, the January 6th Committee hearings, and more. Due to the racial and ethnic diversity of young adults and