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Matthew Ribar, post-doctoral student supported by a Weidenbaum Center grant, receives Best Graduate Student Paper Award from the African Politics Conference Group

9.18.25 | WashU Political Science website

The award was given for Ribar's article, "Land, Power, and Property Rights: The Political Economy of Land Titling in West Africa."

Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Daniel Butler Receives NSF Grant for State Politics Project

9.15.25 | WashU article

This project will open up new ways to study how state politics are becoming nationalized and create resources for researchers, educators, and the public. Initial funding for this research was provided through a Weidenbaum Center small grant award.

Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Dan Butler weighs in on how Missouri Democrats could block the GOP’s new map

9.15.25 | The Hill

It may not be in Democrats’ best political interest to push forward with a referendum.

Weidenbaum Center Speaker Peter Kastor interviewed on podcast about French government

9.9.25 | The Chris and Amy Show on KMOX

Professor Kastor explains the collapse of the French government and why the US hasn't experienced a similar issue

Chancellor Andrew Martin announces Ordered Liberty Project at Weidenbaum Center AEI event

9.4.25 | WashU Source

The Ordered Liberty Project will recruit endowed faculty across disciplines and support existing programs to build an intellectual culture where rigorous debate strengthens both scholarship and student learning.

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Michael Strawbridge highlights the possible racial implications of Missouri redistricting

9.3.25 | KMOV

Missouri Special Session begins as GOP eyes another US House seat.

The Weidenbaum Center fall events kick off Sept. 4

8.28.25 | WashU Source

Our September events include a conversation with American Enterprise Institute (AEI) President Robert Doar and AEI Senior Fellow Benjamin Storey, and a discussion with the current and former Presidents of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld pens article on Trump's relationship with organized labor

8.21.25 | The Conversation

Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board.

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Michael Strawbridge writes on Black political socialization using Weidenbaum Center Survey data

8.20.25 | London School of Economics - U.S. Politics Blog

Professor Strawbridge argues that Black political socialization has retained its influence and adapted to the times by expanding into digital spaces, such as Black Twitter.

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Travis Crum quoted on state legislature redistricting involvement

8.14.25 | St. Louis Public Radio

Crum comments on the interesting parallel between today and the late 1800s as both periods are ones of intense partisan polarization.

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Timothy McBride says Missouri Medicaid enrollment exceeds expectations after expansion

8.11.25 | St. Louis Post Dispatch

Medicaid expansion offers a faster path than disability enrollment

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Travis Crum Alabama blogs about Alabama congressional redistricting litigation

8.8.25 | Election Law Blog

A three-judge district court in the Alabama congressional redistricting litigation declined to bail-in the State to the VRA’s preclearance regime.