Jonathan Rauch

Mug and gloves sitting atop books

12 Days of Brookings

Tanvi Madan, Tom Wheeler, Andre M. Perry, Thomas Wright, Colin Kahl, Richard V. Reeves, Michael E. O’Hanlon, David Wessel, Ryan Hass, Molly E. Reynolds, Bruce Jones, Jonathan Rauch, and Fiona Hill

Thursday, December 23, 2021

A man confronts Trump supporters with a contingent of far-right sympathizers as they rally in the street outside the Justice Center in Portland, Ore., on August 22, 2020. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Defending truth from the war on facts

Jonathan Rauch and Bill Finan

Friday, June 25, 2021

The constitution of knowledge: A defense of truth

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Cvr: The Constitution of Knowledge

The Constitution of Knowledge

By Jonathan Rauch

2021

U.S. President Donald Trump stands in front of a U.S. flag while campaigning for Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler on the eve of the run-off election to decide both of Georgia's Senate seats, in Dalton, Georgia, U.S., January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The War on Professionalism

National Affairs Friday, January 8, 2021

U.S. President Donald Trump rallies with supporters at a campaign event in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Are re-elections reruns?

Monday, November 16, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump departs at the conclusion of his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL

How inexperienced candidates and primary challenges are making Republicans the protest party

Raymond J. La Raja and Jonathan Rauch

Monday, June 29, 2020

Joseph Fons holding a Pride Flag, stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building after the court ruled that a federal law banning workplace discrimination also covers sexual orientation, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

How did a conservative Supreme Court rule for LGBTQ employment rights?

Jonathan Rauch and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

The major American parties have ceded unprecedented power to primary voters. It’s a radical experiment—and it’s failing.

Too Much Democracy Is Bad for Democracy

Jonathan Rauch and Raymond J. La Raja

The Atlantic December 1, 2019

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It’s George Wallace’s World Now

The Atlantic April 26, 2020