Governance Studies

An electronic advertisement not far from the White House snows the faces of suspects who assaulted federal officers at the Capitol Building during the January 6, 2021 storming. The FBI is asking anybody with information about the whereabouts of the suspects to make contact with law enforcement. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Digital fingerprints are identifying Capitol rioters

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

The first intercity railway line operates by a domestic local rail transit company, Guangqing Guangzhou East Ring Intercity Railway opens to traffic in Guangzhou city, south China's Guangdong province, 30 November 2020. No Use China. No Use France.

One lesson the U.S. can learn from China to improve its competitiveness in technology development

Joseph Kannarkat and Norman Augustine

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Thomas Coverson, 19, a freshman at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, explains his passion for the history of the civil rights movement in front of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech" at Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, January 8, 2009. Barack Obama's election as the first black U.S. president has rekindled interest in the U.S. civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s at a time of continuing wide disparities in income, education and health care between whites and minority groups. Picture taken January 8, 2009. REUTERS/Andrea Shalal-Esa (UNITED STATES)

When it comes to student success, HBCUs do more with less

Monday, January 18, 2021

The West Wing of the White House is pictured ahead of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, in Washington, U.S., January 16, 2021. REUTERS/Cheriss May

Presidential pardons: Settled Law, unsettled issues, and a downside for Trump

Richard Lempert

Sunday, January 17, 2021

National Guard members walk at the Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Biden’s inaugural address in a time of crisis

Friday, January 15, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A wind farm shares space with corn fields the day before the Iowa caucuses, where agriculture and clean energy are key issues, in Latimer, Iowa, U.S. February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Time to pivot: The role of the energy transition and investors in forging resilient resource-rich country outcomes

Victoria Bassetti, Norman Eisen, Michael Jarvis, Suneeta Kaimal, Daniel Kaufmann, Kelsey Landau, Robin J. Lewis, Allison Merkel, Mario Picon, and Erica Westenberg

Friday, January 15, 2021

European Union flag at half mast

Platform data access is a lynchpin of the EU’s Digital Services Act

Friday, January 15, 2021

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) departs the House Chamber after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC14E4CFDDD0

How many senators will vote to convict Donald Trump?

Thursday, January 14, 2021

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on December 1, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. As Congress returns from Thanksgiving recess for the lame duck session, the 7-day average for confirmed COVID-19 cases in America is holding above 150,000. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

After 20 years of debate, it’s time for Congress to finally pass a baseline privacy law

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Catalina Chavez, center, an "English as a new language" teacher works with sophomore Vanessa Mejia, who came to the country two months ago from Guatemala, during Eartth Science class at Roosevelt High School - Early College Studies Nov. 7, 2019 in Yonkers. Fuad Alhomidi, a student from Yemen, works beside them.Secondary

As we tackle school segregation, don’t forget about English Learner students

Diana Quintero and Michael Hansen

Thursday, January 14, 2021