Jonathan Rauch

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden addresses supporters as Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) looks on at his South Carolina primary night rally in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

Do voters want to hear from party leaders? Some intriguing new polling

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Pete Buttigieg, South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential hopeful, speaks at a campaign event in Newton, Iowa, U.S. Sept. 21, 2019. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

Pete Buttigieg’s trailblazing campaign was a historic step forward for LBGTQ candidates

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Feb 4, 2020; Washington, DC, USA; President Donald J. Trump delivers the State of the Union address from the House chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY

Brookings experts react to Trump’s third State of the Union

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Campaign signs are seen outside a polling station on the last day of early voting in Dallas, Texas, U.S., November 2, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Voters need help: How party insiders can make presidential primaries safer, fairer, and more democratic

Raymond J. La Raja and Jonathan Rauch

Friday, January 31, 2020

FEBRUARY 5, 2019 - WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address, with Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, at the Capitol in Washington, DC on February 5, 2019. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS - RC111FD41E00

Brookings experts react to Trump’s second State of the Union

Scott R. Anderson, Jessica Brandt, Daniel L. Byman, Giovanna De Maio, Vanda Felbab-Brown, William G. Gale, Aaron Klein, Aaron Krupkin, Jung H. Pak, Jonathan Rauch, Richard V. Reeves, Adie Tomer, Nicol Turner Lee, Jon Valant, and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

A customer walks past the front page of the Boston Globe newspaper referencing their editorial defense of press freedom and a rebuke of President Donald Trump for denouncing some media organizations as enemies of the American people, part of a nationwide editorial effort coordinated by the Boston Globe, at a newsstand in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., August 16, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC13AB4553F0

Trump’s war on ‘fake news’ could actually make the mainstream media stronger

Friday, August 17, 2018

A copy of the Capital Gazette is displayed in a newspaper box the day after a gunman killed five people and injuring several others at the publication's offices in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S., June 29, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1B67B7C9D0

Put the damn paper out: Why the newsroom is a bedrock of American democracy

Friday, June 29, 2018

People take part in a flashmob to mark World Press Freedom Day in Tbilisi, May 3, 2012. World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

On World Press Freedom Day, Brookings experts reflect on the importance of a free press

Marvin Kalb, Jonathan Rauch, David Wessel, and James Kirchick

Thursday, May 3, 2018

The happiness curve: Why life gets better after 50

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

A person stands with an umbrella in a steady rain at the Martin Luther KIng Jr. Memorial in Washington January 18, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Brookings experts reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 50 years after his assassination

Gary Burtless, Amy Liu, Jonathan Rauch, Carol Graham, Hady Amr, Marcus Casey, Jenny Schuetz, Anthony F. Pipa, Andre M. Perry, and Nicol Turner Lee

Tuesday, April 3, 2018