Thursday, 19 January 2017

More on the SPLC's hate crime data

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Last week, I posted about the Southern Poverty Law Centre's post-election hate crime report. The post showed that Hillary vote share i...
Thursday, 5 January 2017

Were there false reports in the SPLC's post-election hate crime data?

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On 29 November, The Southern Poverty Law Centre  (SPLC)  reported that there had been 867 hate crimes in the United States since the elect...
Tuesday, 3 January 2017

How much room for renegotiation did Cameron have prior to the EU referendum?

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Prior to the EU referendum last year, David Cameron attempted to renegotiate the terms of Britain's membership with the leaders of othe...
Monday, 7 November 2016

What would the electoral college have looked like in 2012 if illegal immigrants could vote?

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According to Pew Research , the states with the largest illegal immigrant populations are as follows: Of these states, Romney won Texa...
Tuesday, 4 October 2016

How much does the pill increase the risk of depression?

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A recent  article in The Guardian claims that "The pill is linked to depression – and doctors can no longer ignore it". It does...
Sunday, 10 July 2016

Is county-level racial bias in police shootings unrelated to race-specific crime rates?

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Yesterday, I suggested that the overrepresentation of blacks among the victims of police shootings may not be primarily attributable to ra...
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Saturday, 9 July 2016

Does racial animus explain killings of black civilians by US police?

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This post examines the distribution of victims of police shootings by race, and by sex. Data on individuals killed by police were taken fro...
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