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  1. Indiana congressional redistricting proposal advances to vote in House

    December 02, 2025

    Jeffrey Harden, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame, said redistricting in the middle of a census cycle isn’t as common because it’s not new data, but it can be done. “I think one perspective is, why fix something that isn’t broken? You know, we’ve already got a set of maps that were approved at least at one time. Why should we do this again until we actually have new data that’s going to reflect changes in where people live? And that won’t, of course, won’t come until 2030,” Harden said.

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    Jeff Harden headshot. A man wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and gold patterned tie. He is smiling at the camera against a plain gray background.

    Jeff Harden

    Political Science

  2. Het gemeenschappelijke goed is niet simpelweg wat mensen willen, maar wat menselijk floreren mogelijk maakt

    November 30, 2025

    Ideoloog Patrick Deneen geldt als een van de prominentste conservatieve denkers over deze nieuwe politieke tijd. Hij pleit voor „aristopopulisme”, waarin een goedwillende elite de zorgen van de „arbeidersklasse” omzet in veranderingen.

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    Patrick Deneen headshot. A Caucasian man with salt-and-pepper hair wearing a navy blue suit and blue glasses over a blue and gray patterned tie. He is posing for a headshot against a gray background.

    Patrick J. Deneen

    Political Science

  3. US, Ukraine find common ground on peace. Will Russia join them?

    November 25, 2025

    “The situation on the ground in Ukraine continues to deteriorate, the military is having trouble with desertions ... and now Zelenskyy has a very big corruption scandal on his hands,” points out Michael Desch, an international affairs professor at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Michael Desch headshot. A man with a full white and gray beard, wearing amber-colored glasses, a green tweed jacket, a plaid collared shirt, brown sweater vest, and a dark green textured tie. He is smiling against a gray background.

    Michael C. Desch

    Political Science

  4. What’s next, post-shutdown? A local political science professor weighs in

    November 14, 2025

    ABC News reports eight Senate Democrats and six in the House broke ranks, voting to end the shutdown after a record 43 days. Jim Curry, PhD, is a Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame. He thinks a lot of Democrats wanted to reopen the government for a while, but there were some things holding them up.

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    James M. Curry

    Political Science

  5. For years, Trump voters have voted for decent, polite men. And that changed nothing for them.

    November 04, 2025

    He wants to restore a forgotten America, destroy liberalism, and create a new elite. Meet the conservative thinker Patrick Deneen, the ideological inspiration for Vice President J.D. Vance.

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    Patrick Deneen headshot. A Caucasian man with salt-and-pepper hair wearing a navy blue suit and blue glasses over a blue and gray patterned tie. He is posing for a headshot against a gray background.

    Patrick J. Deneen

    Political Science

  6. Amateur hour in Congress: How political newcomers fuel gridlock and government shutdowns

    November 03, 2025

    The public’s growing frustration with “politics as usual” has led more political newcomers to run for and win office since 2016.

    These “amateur” politicians, with no prior experience in elected office, present themselves as problem-solvers rather than politicians. Many come from outside government entirely – including business owners, military veterans and schoolteachers. Amateurs’ real-world backgrounds are often seen as assets by voters, donors and even politicians themselves – qualities thought to make them more effective in Congress.

    As scholars of legislative politics, we (Rachel Porter and Jeff Harden) wanted to interrogate that claim. And our new study reaches a different conclusion: Electing amateurs reduces bipartisan cooperation in Congress.

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    Jeff Harden headshot. A man wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and gold patterned tie. He is smiling at the camera against a plain gray background.

    Jeff Harden

    Political Science

    Rachel Porter headshot. A woman with long dark hair, wearing a patterned brown and cream blazer over a white blouse. She smiles against a plain gray backdrop.

    Rachel Porter

    Political Science

  7. The Ascension of America's Catholic Right

    November 01, 2025

    The intellectual North Star of this new right is Patrick Deneen, professor of political science at Notre Dame. His 2018 book Why Liberalism Failed argued that a liberal democratic focus on “borderlessness” resulted not only in the divisive and unsustainable enforcement of “woke” politics by the state, but also in a too-porous global economy in which neoliberalism crushed the interests of American workers and voters....

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    Patrick Deneen headshot. A Caucasian man with salt-and-pepper hair wearing a navy blue suit and blue glasses over a blue and gray patterned tie. He is posing for a headshot against a gray background.

    Patrick J. Deneen

    Political Science

  8. What Can Frankenstein Teach Us About AI?

    October 31, 2025

    Director Guillermo del Toro’s new movie adapts Mary Shelley’s horror classic, Frankenstein. It comes as the world is grappling with a new unpredictable creation: artificial intelligence.

    Guests Scott Collura, writer and editor for IGN.com.

    Eileen Hunt, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame Author of the 2020 book Artificial Life After Frankenstein.

    Christopher DiCarlo, philosopher, educator and ethicist who teaches in the Philosophy Department at the University of Toronto.

    Also Featured
    Erik Brynjolfsson, Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.

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    Eileen Hunt headshot. A woman with shoulder-length brown hair, smiling at the camera. She wears a black and white patterned jacket over a black top against a gray background.

    Eileen M. Hunt

    Political Science

  9. ‘No Kings’ Rally Organizer: ‘Quite Clear’ Why Mike Johnson Is Attacking Our Protests

    October 16, 2025

    Karrie Koesel, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame and an expert on authoritarianism, concurred that Johnson’s intentional disinformation about nationwide peaceful protests is disturbing.
    “Applying pejorative labels is a common strategy to demobilize and dehumanize political opposition,” said Koesel. “This cultivates an us-versus-them narrative and identifies political and peaceful dissent as an existential threat.”
    She added, “Dark times for democracy.”

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    Karrie Koesel headshot. A woman with shoulder-length brown hair, olive -tone skin, and rose-colored glasses smiles against a gray background. She wears a green v-neck top with a black stripe detail.

    Karrie J. Koesel

    Political Science

  10. Insights on a new peace agreement for the Middle East

    October 13, 2025

    Notre Dame Professor Michael Desch said both Hamas and the current Israeli government have incentives not to fully comply with the deal. 
    “The people responsible for the destruction of Gaza are still in power,” said Atalia Omer, professor of religion, conflict and peace studies at Notre Dame.

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    Michael Desch headshot. A man with a full white and gray beard, wearing amber-colored glasses, a green tweed jacket, a plaid collared shirt, brown sweater vest, and a dark green textured tie. He is smiling against a gray background.

    Michael C. Desch

    Political Science

  11. University Of Notre Dame Receives Two Historic Gifts Totaling $205 Million

    October 07, 2025

    The University of Notre Dame has received two recent gifts totaling $205 milliion. The first is a $150 million donation from alumnus Matthew Walsh and his wife, Joyce, for Notre Dames’s School of Architecture. The second is a $55 million donation from Francis and Kathleen Rooney to endow an institute for the preservation of American democracy.

  12. The people in the pews are not the same as a generation ago

    October 05, 2025

    Notre Dame political scientist David Campbell stressed a similar point. While more data is needed to confirm Bass' trends, Campbell said, the findings match other stats suggestive of an overall decline in religious commitment in the church in tandem with one seen in other faiths.

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    David Campbell

    Political Science

  13. Attack on LDS Church harkens back to its early history of religious persecution

    October 05, 2025

    “The idea that Mormons were a persecuted group in the 1800s is deeply ingrained in the Mormon psyche,” said David Campbell, a University of Notre Dame professor and author of “Seeking the Promised Land: Mormons and American Politics.”

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    David Campbell headshot A man smiles warmly at the camera against a plain, light gray backdrop. He wears a textured dark blue blazer over a light pink and white plaid button-down shirt. His light brown hair is styled neatly.

    David Campbell

    Political Science

  14. Will US Troops Now Fight for Qatar after Trump Security Guarantee?

    October 03, 2025

    "Giving a security guarantee to Qatar, or to anyone else, increases the risk of the United States being pulled into a future conflict, because it expands the list of things that the United States promises to fight for," Eugene Gholz, a former senior Pentagon adviser now serving as associate professor at the University of Notre Dame, told Newsweek.

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    Eugene Gholz

    Political Science

  15. How will the federal government shutdown affect you?

    October 02, 2025

    "Democrats are using the necessity of passing either a budget resolution or a continuing resolution. They're holding out in an attempt to leverage this required thing to get Republicans to address some of the issues, and they see health care as a winning issue for them," said Joshua Kaplan, Notre Dame Political Science Professor.

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    Joshua Kaplan

    University

  16. 60 Minutes - Newsmakers: After Charlie Kirk's killing, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says we must "stop hating our fellow Americans"

    September 28, 2025

    This month, Cox took the message to the University of Notre Dame. He's done more than 20 of these events nationwide, often with Democratic governors, including Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.

  17. Amy Coney Barrett Discusses Charlie Kirk, Motherhood, Originalism at Notre Dame

    September 22, 2025

    Following the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s visit to Notre Dame — scheduled for Sept. 12, just two days after — was in jeopardy. The assassination, Notre Dame Professor Phillip Muñoz wrote on X, was “an attack on all of us who believe in argument and debate, free speech and the clash of ideas.”

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    Vincent Munoz headshot. A man with salt and pepper hair wearing a blue suit jacket and patterned tie looks directly at the camera. A University of Notre Dame lapel pin is visible on his jacket.

    Vincent Phillip Muñoz

    Political Science

  18. Utah governor coming to ND next week after handling Kirk shooting

    September 12, 2025

    Republican Utah Governor Spencer Cox, who has called conservative leader Charlie Kirk’s killing a “political assassination,” will come to South Bend next week for a University of Notre Dame conference promoting bipartisanship.

  19. Podcasters and OnlyFans Creators Stand to Win Big Under Trump’s Tax Law

    September 10, 2025

    “I see this as a way of appearing friendly to a group of people the administration probably would like to have a relationship with,” said Jeffrey Harden, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame.

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    Jeff Harden headshot. A man wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and gold patterned tie. He is smiling at the camera against a plain gray background.

    Jeff Harden

    Political Science

  20. Unofficial redistricting maps shared on socials show breakup of Democratic districts

    September 05, 2025

    "Parties often will seek to gain an advantage or strengthen an advantage that their party has in the legislature with strategic redrawing of the lines," said Jeffrey Harden, University of Notre Dame political science professor.

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    Jeff Harden headshot. A man wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and gold patterned tie. He is smiling at the camera against a plain gray background.

    Jeff Harden

    Political Science