Campaigns & Elections

A man places his ballot into a drop box for Maryland's primary election in Rockville, Maryland, U.S., June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

FixGov

Low rates of fraud in vote-by-mail states show the benefits outweigh the risks

Elaine Kamarck and Christine Stenglein

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Posters are seen during the media preview for exhibition of wartime propaganda artistry 'Posters and Patriotism: Selling World War I in New York' at the Museum of the City of New York in New York, U.S., April 4, 2017. Picture taken April 4. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

TechStream

Political operatives are targeting propaganda by location

Samuel Woolley

Monday, June 1, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Patrick Kapple, right, waits in line outside Riverside University High School to cast a ballot during the presidential primary election held amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Acker

FixGov

Mail-in ballots, the coronavirus, and a partisan brawl

Elaine Kamarck

Friday, May 29, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the SC Democratic Convention in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., June 22, 2019. REUTERS/Randall Hill - RC161999ACC0

Order from Chaos

How should Biden handle China?

Thomas Wright

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Reports

A man bowls in a nearly empty bowling alley inside McCall's Tavern at Spanish Springs Town Square, amid coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in The Villages, Florida, U.S. March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Yana Paskova

Social Issues

Bowling with Trump

Mark Fabian, Robert Breunig, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

California voters cast their ballots in the March 3 Super Tuesday primary as new voting procedures and technology are used to make voting easier and more secure in Santa Ana, California, U.S., February 24, 2020. Picture taken February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Campaigns & Elections

Super Tuesday’s demographic diversity will finally test Democratic candidates’ viability

William H. Frey

Friday, February 28, 2020

A man walks past a stand with binary digits representing digital information during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 27, 2012. The GSMA Mobile World Congress, representing the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, will take place from February 27 to March 1 in Barcelona. REUTERS/Albert Gea (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Technology & Innovation

Artificial intelligence, geopolitics, and information integrity

John Villasenor

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Supporters react to election results during the watch party for Kentucky's Attorney General Andy Beshear, running for governor against Republican incumbent Matt Bevin, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Harrison McClary - RC2G5D95SWRE

Campaigns & Elections

This week’s election and last year’s midterms bear good news for Democrats in 2020

William H. Frey

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Microphones stand at the podium after U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta addressed supporters at the election night rally in New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Adrees Latif - HT1ECB90KK9V0

Policy 2020

The urgent need for peer review in the presidential nominating process

Elaine Kamarck

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Blog Posts

A woman leaves the polling place as winter storm blanketed the state on local election day in Plaistow, New Hampshire, U.S., March 13, 2018. On the orders of state officials, New Hampshire municipalities proceeded with scheduled elections despite a winter storm that covered the region in snow and made driving difficult. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen

FixGov

It’s time to fix Democrats’ Iowa and New Hampshire problem

Morley Winograd

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) lift empty ballot boxes at a voting station during the Presidential, Legislative and Communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Gitega, Burundi May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Burundi, Benin, South Sudan, and COVID-19 updates

Christina Golubski

Saturday, May 23, 2020

TechStream

How to defend against online disinformation

Ben Nimmo

Friday, May 22, 2020

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Multimedia

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders announces that he will be continuing his campaign for U.S. president at least through his March 15 debate with former Vice President Joe Biden as he holds a news conference in Burlington, Vermont, U.S. March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

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John Hudak and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

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Code Red: A book event with E.J. Dionne Jr.

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