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The Symbolic Politics of Status in the MAGA Movement

The Symbolic Politics of Status in the MAGA Movement By Biko Koenig, Franklin & Marshall College and Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among Make America Great Again (MAGA) activists during the 2020 presidential campaign, we explore the status dynamics behind the appeal of Donald Trump’s right-wing populism. While existing explanations emphasize partisanship, economic anxiety, racial resentment, rural identity, and media polarization, we underscore a less-explored explanation for Trump’s core support: it is a status-based social movement....

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Why do some countries finally confront mass atrocities instead of burying them? Genevieve Bates’ article shows one reason: the ICC pushes governments and rebels to promise real domestic trials in peace deals. Summary by

Forcing War Criminals to Face Justice at Home - In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Deborah Saki, covers the new article by Genevieve Bates, [...]