Campaigns & Elections

Sudanese pounds

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Sudan, COVID-19 vaccine, and political updates

Chris Heitzig and Leo Holtz

Saturday, February 27, 2021

A sign of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission is seen outside its office in Gaza City February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Order from Chaos

Elections in Palestine: Prelude or ploy?

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

A conversation on the past, present, and future of Black political power in the South

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES NOVEMBER 2, 2020: A voter wears a bilingual I voted sticker at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) during early voting in the 2020 US presidential election. Yegor Aleyev/TASS.No use Russia.

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Black voters helped Biden get elected. His presidency will be defined by how he acts on racial equity.

The Washington Post Monday, February 8, 2021

Reports

Nadine Seiler from Waldorf, Maryland, waves an upside-down American flag outside the White House the day after the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

Report

Ways to reconcile and heal America

John R. Allen and Darrell M. West

Monday, February 8, 2021

Unused privacy booths are seen at a voting site in Tripp Commons inside the Memorial Union building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Election Day in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, U.S. November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan

Campaigns & Elections

In 2020, the largest metro areas made the difference for Democrats

David F. Damore, Robert E. Lang, and Karen Danielsen

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Washington DC

U.S. Politics & Government

A Time for Renewal and Prosperity

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump wears a 'Make America Great Again' cap during the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo

Technology & Innovation

How to deal with AI-enabled disinformation

John Villasenor

Monday, November 23, 2020

Suburbs

Campaigns & Elections

Biden’s victory came from the suburbs

William H. Frey

Friday, November 13, 2020

Blog Posts

US Capitol Building is seen on January 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

FixGov

Should the Senate convict Donald Trump? Here’s what the American people think

William A. Galston

Friday, February 5, 2021

A view of Trump Mar-A-Lago estate where former U.S. President Donald J.Trump is now living on January 20, 2020 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Trump left Washington, DC on the last day of his administration before Joe Biden was sworn-in as the 46th president of the United States. After a four year term as President Mr. Trump was impeached twice by the U.S. of Representatives once On December 18, 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The second Impeachment charges was for 'inciting' the US Capitol riot on January 13,2021 with The House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump, with four GOP abstentions. (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

FixGov

Trump’s future: Nine possibilities

John Hudak, Christine Stenglein, and Elaine Kamarck

Friday, February 5, 2021

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station during the presidential, legislative and communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ngozi, Burundi May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Clovis Guy Siboniyo

Africa in Focus

Voting in a pandemic: Lessons for elections in Africa in 2021

Rushdi Nackerdien

Monday, February 1, 2021

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Events

Challenges for the Biden administration: Addressing the evolving air and missile threat

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Presidential transition process: Understanding the obligations, obstacles, and urgency

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Trans-Atlantic cooperation and the international order after the US election

9:45 AM - 11:45 AM EST

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Multimedia

FILE PHOTO: Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

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Biden’s inauguration, Trump’s impeachment, and the politics ahead

Elaine Kamarck and Fred Dews

Friday, January 22, 2021

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India

Biden, Bihar, and US-India bonhomie

Tanvi Madan, Sadanand Dhume, and Milan Vaishnav

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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Marvin Kalb and David Dollar

Monday, November 9, 2020

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Friday, January 22, 2021

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