

The Governance Studies program and its scholars are dedicated to strengthening democracy and improving its institutions through research and expert analysis to inform public debate and provide solutions for the most critical governance challenges.
Elaine Kamarck
May 5, 2025
Darrell M. West, Eric Lipton
May 5, 2025
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Mark MacCarthy
May 1, 2025
This is a highly sensitive agency, maybe one of the most sensitive in the entire government…there are security concerns in every piece of the government due to how DOGE came in and took..."
Keon Gilbert spoke to Reuters about the impact of tariffs on Black farmers.
He hasn’t signed many bills into law because the agenda of the first 100 days has not been a legislative agenda at all…the administration, before it took office, planned a whirlwind of..."
Tom Wheeler published an op-ed titled “Former FCC chairs: In the name of the First Amendment, Trump’s FCC attacks its principles,” in which he provides historical context on the FCC’s...
Elaine Kamarck discussed President Trump’s first 100 days and how they differ from former U.S. presidents’ with the Washington Post.
The challenge with…changing voting laws is we’ve had very close elections in the last three cycles, and so if you reduce the potential voters by 1 or 2% that could change the outcome of..."
If you looked on average at how professors at the Ivy League voted, there would be a majority [Democratic] … and so there’s this perception on the right that these colleges don’t have..."
The new registration requirements may make it more difficult for rural voters to cast their ballots. People there may not have all the documents that are required or have easy access to..."
Jon Valant spoke about how COVID-19 triggered a school choice renaissance with The 74 Million.
People don’t trust government. The lack of trust in government, plus the disinformation in this echo chamber of information, leads to vaccine hesitancy.
If you’re trying to save money, you don’t cut the place revenues come from.
Chinasa T. Okolo spoke to Semafor about the first-ever global AI summit on Africa, held in Rwanda last week with cabinet officials from 20 African countries.
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