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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.

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld interviewed on Marketplace

8.6.25 | Marketplace

Rosenfeld says this strike is something of a return-to-form for the labor movement nationwide.

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Peter Boumgarden pens op-ed on impact of tariffs uncertainty

8.4.25 | The Conversation

Rapid trade policy shifts leave small businesses at a disadvantage.

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Timothy McBride comments on the paperwork struggles of Medicaid work requirements

7.30.25 | Missouri Independent

Looming Medicaid work requirements could worsen Missouri backlogs in social services

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Timothy McBride comments on Texas removing 1.8 million people from health care plan

7.26.25 | Newsweek

McBride says the group we are concerned about is those who have become uninsured or who lost the coverage for procedural reasons.

Weidenbaum Center Research Fellow Travis Crum comments on likelihood of Missouri redistricting

7.24.25 | STL NPR

If states weren’t allowed to change their maps in the middle of the decade, it could create logistical problems.