Political Beliefs/Public Opinion

In this post, Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Alexander Hertel-Fernandez analyzes the history of the U.S. labor movement. The text was originally published as a book chapter in The American Political Economy: Politics, Markets, and Power.

In this video, activists who participated in the Occupy movement discuss its impact 10 years later.

B. Callaghan, L. Harouni, C. H. Dupree, M. W. Kraus, and J. A. Richeson. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. vol. 118, no. 38. 2021.

On its 10th anniversary, a panel of activists who participated in the Occupy Wall Street movement will discuss its influence on the world today.

L. Yang, F. Novokmet, and B. Milanovic. The British Journal of Sociology. vol. 72, no. 3. pp. 478–513. 2021.

In this commentary, Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Bennett Callaghan explains why discussing the existence of inequality isn’t enough to change public opinion, and can even backfire.

In this commentary, Professor Leslie McCall discusses the Stone Center’s recent Conference on Coalitional Democracy.

In this commentary, Professor Leslie McCall, associate director of the Stone Center, explains why, in the United States, efforts to increase voting access are critical to achieving a more egalitarian society.

Janet Gornick talks about economics and poverty in a time of COVID-19 on CUNY TV.

This panel examines the progress that has been made toward building coalitional movements and durable models of advocacy and activism, both today and in the past, and what remains to be done.