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Can Higher Education Help Renovate American Democracy?

The Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation hosted a webinar with several panelists to discuss a host of new campus initiatives that offer promising pathways for higher education to reassert its vital role in strengthening democracy by engaging students’ civic learning and supporting their development as civic actors.

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A new research article by Dr. Christine Slaughter, Research Fellow at the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, and co-authors examines a question that became especially prominent after the 2024 U.S. election: are Black men meaningfully shifting away from the Democratic Party, and if so, why? While Black men remain overwhelmingly aligned with the Democratic Party, a measurable subset expresses more conservative views than their Black female counterparts—differences that could carry meaningful implications in closely contested elections.

 

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