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LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 19: Thasuni Bandara, 8, from Sri Lanka, takes part in U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services commissioned art project for children across the United States before taking the Oath of Allegiance during a citizenship ceremony on August 19, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. During the ceremony 143 people, including 30 area children under the age of 14, received certificates of citizenship. Children were asked to create images depicting their interpretation of the theme, "We Are America." (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

U.S. Democracy Restoring the voices that transformed American history and democracy

Keon L. Gilbert, Keesha Middlemass, Nicol Turner Lee, Gabriel R. Sanchez, Rashawn Ray

March 5, 2026

HOUSTON, TEXAS - MARCH 02: Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D-TX) speaks at a campaign rally on March 2, 2026 in Houston, Texas. Talarico is visiting various locations around the state in the lead up to tomorrow's primaries. (Photo by Danielle Villasana/Getty Images)

Campaigns & Elections Why Texas could determine which party controls the Senate in 2027

William A. Galston

March 4, 2026

People vote on Election Day at a polling location at West Gray Metropolitan Multi-Service Center in Houston, on March 3, 2026. Americans cast the first ballots of the primary season on Tuesday, kicking off a midterm cycle that could redraw the political map in Washington -- and shape how Donald Trump spends the remainder of his presidency.

Campaigns & Elections How factional primaries could turn a Democratic wave into a trickle

Elaine Kamarck

March 3, 2026

Iranians protest against attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States on February 28, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Iran After the strike: The danger of war in Iran

Suzanne Maloney, Itamar Rabinovich, Mara Karlin, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Stephanie T. Williams, Sharan Grewal, Steven Heydemann, Dafna H. Rand, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Kemal Kirişci, Hady Amr, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Pavel K. Baev, Steven Pifer, Ryan Hass, Tanvi Madan, Lynn Kuok, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Caitlin Talmadge, Joshua Rovner, Samantha Gross, William A. Galston, Scott R. Anderson +18 more

March 3, 2026

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