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Continuing to Study Protest through the Pandemic
Even though the COVID-19 pandemic originally motivated many groups to shift their activism online, the killing of unarmed George Floyd by police in May motivated extensive and sustained protest across the US. As these protests grew and the Trump Administration deployed forces in many cities, it become increasingly clear to me that this wave of…
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How Violence at Protests Escalates
Last night, the Mayor of Portland joined the protesters in the streets of the city and was teargassed by “federal law enforcement” deployed by the President. Here’s a great thread by Washington Post reporter Marissa Lang with video of the night and here’s another thread that puts last night in perspective by Sergio Olmos who…
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Updated Resistance Timeline
Over the past four years, I’ve posted Resistance Timelines a few times to this site (and a truncated one is included in the book). If you’re interested in how I define Resistance, see this post. As the protests that erupted after George Floyd was murdered continue in many cities, Putnam, Pressman and Chenoweth have reported…
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The Diversity of the Protests is a Good Sign for Racial Equity
Today I posted a new piece on the How We Rise blog at the Brookings Institution. The piece discusses the implications of the racial and ethnic diversity of protesters on the 2020 Election. It highlights that, not only are activists supporting Joe Biden who is more likely to support policies that promote racial equity, but…
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Patterns Across Protests Sparked by the Killing of George Floyd
It’s been a month since protests began after the killing of unarmed George Floyd in Minnesota. Working with teams of researchers, I have collected data on three different days at the protests in Washington, DC: during the District Die-In on 6/4, over the weekend on 6/6, and during Juneteenth on 6/19. There are some clear…
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The Demographics of the Current Protests
Since protest erupted across the country after the killing of George Floyd, I’ve been working to collect data on the protest participants. Over the weekend of 6-7 June, I worked with teams to collect data from the protesters in Washington, DC, New York City, Los Angeles, and London. We were testing out the viability of…
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The American Resistance Joins the Protests Against the Killing of George Floyd
As of early Saturday morning, protests have broken out in cities across the US in response to police brutality, calling for racial justice in America. I haven’t seen an accurate count yet, but I expect that the crowd counting consortium will have data for anyone who is looking for numbers. Three days ago, I wrote…
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Will the American Resistance Join the Protests Against the Killing of George Floyd?
We know that the American Resistance is comprised predominantly of highly educated middle aged White women. We also know that many of them are motivated to participate in activism by issues related to Racial Justice and Police Brutality. So, the question is whether they will join the protests in the streets in response to the…
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The Geography of the Resistance Now
I’ve posted before about the geography of the Resistance in the streets, which was based on the data I collected from people whom I surveyed while they were protesting in the streets in Washington, DC. Now that the first wave of the Indivisible Census is complete, I am able to map out the geography of…
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Winning Elections takes much more than Winning Votes.
Today I published a piece in Politico about the youth climate movement and their important role in the 2020 election. The piece highlights how, although they were resistant to Joe Biden as a candidate through the early primaries, youth climate activists are not part of the #NeverBiden contingent. In my recent survey of organizers at…
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