2026 could present new challenges for the Department of Social Services due to stricter Medicaid eligibility requirements passed by Congress, such as work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks
Data from the Weidenbaum Center Survey (October 2025) reveal how traditional media, social media, and AI chatbots fit into Americans' political information landscape.
WashU faculty experts reflect on the the rules of international law, public opinion of imperialism and the meaning of the Monroe Doctrine.
While many Americans are unhappy with Trump’s actions in Venezuela and threats to Greenland, Cuba, Colombia and Mexico, Christenson predicts that recent events will not have a lasting impact on his approval rating.
Galea, Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the Washington University School of Public Health, and co-authors say that universities have been forced to freeze faculty hires, downscale or terminate research programs, and pause enrollment of new graduate students.
Using surveys and experiments across four countries, Professor Motolinia found that voters tend to prefer less wealthy candidates yet underestimate how rich politicians actually are. Research for the project was part of the Weidenbaum Center Survey.
Fowler says the contracts make already vulnerable people more vulnerable
Andrea Katz, a professor at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, said the court’s eventual ruling in the Slaughter case likely will create an exception for the Fed.
Tim McBride, a policy analyst and health economist at Washington University, said healthcare contract negotiations have become more contentious in recent years.
The state’s top Republicans swiftly praised the Supreme Court’s decision to allow Texas to use its controversial congressional map for the 2026 midterms
His research, published with professors Soubhik Barari and Kevin Munger in the Journal of Politics, shows that people often misjudge authentic news as fake, especially when it depicts a political figure from their own party in a negative light
Time was Boeing’s strongest weapon in months-long labor dispute with St. Louis machinists