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Aug 14, 2020; Presidential candidate Joe Biden signs documents for receiving the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination at the Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware. Mandatory Credit: Jenna Miller/Delaware News Journal via USA TODAY NETWORK

Five things the Democratic Party needs to do in its convention this week

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Friday, August 14, 2020

Abraham Lincoln, Hannibal Hamlin

The evolution of the US vice president

Elaine Kamarck and Fred Dews

Friday, August 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Kamala Harris holds her first organizing event in Los Angeles as she campaigns in the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination race in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

This is not your grandfather’s vice presidency

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station for the South Carolina primary in Indian Land, South Carolina, U.S., February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

2020: The Year of the Woman Voter

Michael D. Hais and Morley Winograd

Friday, August 7, 2020

"I voted" stickers are on display for voters in the U.S. presidential election at Grace Episcopal Church in The Plains, Virginia, U.S., November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - HT1ECB8183K3O

Universal Voting: Your questions, our answers

E.J. Dionne, Jr., Megan Bell, Amber Herrle, Shane P. Singh, Allegra Chapman, Joshua Douglas, Miles Rapoport, and Whitney Quesenbery

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Caleb Kirkland, (R) gets his ballot from machine judge Pio Sancez during the primary election at Sonoma Elementary School in Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S., June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Paul Ratje

Election night? Think again—election month might be more like it

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

UNITED STATES - JULY 28: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., makes his way to news conference after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Hart Building on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, attended the lunch. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Why Senate Republicans and the White House can’t agree on badly-needed COVID aid

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, July 31, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump steps from Air Force One as he arrives at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrrisville, North Carolina, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Is President Trump already a lame duck president?

Monday, July 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Stickers saying "I Voted Today" are given out to voters in the Democratic primary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski/File Photo

Why shouldn’t voting be mandatory?

Amber Herrle and E.J. Dionne, Jr.

Friday, July 24, 2020

This aerial picture shows the Washington Monument standing on the National Mall and the White House at far left in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1C9C4C2D70

Trump’s coronavirus swamp

Norman Eisen and Aryeh Mellman

Wednesday, July 22, 2020