

The associate professor will discuss the People’s Republic of China’s strategies for asserting party control over religion, especially through sinicization, which...

Research shows government transparency benefits special interest groups, not citizenry
Using measures of the agreement between what state governments do and what citizens want, Jeff Harden and Justin Kirkland found that...

Paolo Carozza named to Meta Oversight Board
Paolo G. Carozza, professor of law and concurrent professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, has been...

Political motivation often comes down to personal assessment of other races’ deservingness
While maybe not racially prejudiced, a broad swath of American citizens nonetheless do and say things that racists do, according...

With no political home, ‘seamless garment Catholics’ still hold ‘paramount importance’
New research from the University of Notre Dame looks at so-called seamless garment Catholics (SGCs), or those Catholics who embrace...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to speak at Notre Dame
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito will give a talk titled “The Emergency Docket” at 12:30 p.m. Thursday (Sept....
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Federal government commitment necessary to protect voting rights for historically marginalized people, Fraga testifies
On July 27, Luis Fraga, the Rev. Donald P. McNeill, C.S.C., Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership at the University of...

Fraga to testify before House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
The hearing on “The Need to Enhance the Voting Rights Act: Practice-Based Coverage" will take place at 2:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday (July...

Hui testifies at Congressional-Executive Commission on China roundtable about Hong Kong
On June 29, the first anniversary of the passage of the National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong, Victoria Tin-bor...

Political science professors sign statement warning of threats to US democracy
Five Notre Dame professors who specialize in different areas of democracy studies recently signed a strong statement of concern issued by...
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Inaugural Women Inspired to Serve event empowers female students, young professionals seeking defense and security careers
Partnering with the advocacy associations Women in Defense, Women in International Security and Girl Security, WISE hosted its inaugural event,...

A new secular left is emerging and could present challenges for Biden administration
The challenge for President Joe Biden’s administration is finding ways to emphasize the common values of religious and secular voters,...
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Experts say most damaging scenario to US democracy is Trump rejecting election results, potential Supreme Court ruling against him
To get expert opinions on the fate of the nearly 245-year-old democracy, a group of students from the Keough School of Global...

Most comprehensive study yet of Latinx U.S. immigration agents shows economic self-interest drives decisions to join ICE
Research by David Cortez, assistant professor of political science, found that Latinxs — regardless of their preferred national/ethnic identity, their identification with...

Islamic law and international law share many similarities, Notre Dame Professor says
Notre Dame’s Emilia Justyna Powell, an expert in both international law and the Islamic legal tradition, traveled to many Muslim-majority...
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Former Senator and Secretary of the Navy James Webb named inaugural distinguished fellow at Notre Dame International Security Center
Notre Dame’s International Security Center (NDISC) has named James Webb its first distinguished fellow.

Political scientist releases definitive research on the first century of women voters
In new research fittingly published in the year marking the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in the U.S.,...

Rice and Kerry find common ground at Notre Dame
Former Secretary of State John Kerry and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (M.S. ’75) took the stage Tuesday night...
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