Campaigns & Elections

Police and members of the Sheriff's department hold a perimeter, during a protest after a Black man identified as Jacob Blake was shot several times by police last night, outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Maturen

How can we enhance police accountability in the United States?

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to the largely virtual 2020 Republican National Convention in a live address broadcast from the Mellon Auditorium in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

The 2020 Republican Party platform: “L’etat, c’est moi”

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

U.S. postal workers load their trucks with mail for delivery from their postal station in Carlsbad, California February 6, 2013. The Postal Service plans to drop Saturday delivery of first-class mail by August in its latest effort to cut costs after losing nearly $16 billion last fiscal year, the cash-strapped mail agency said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT POLITICS) - GM1E92708HM01

The House rebuked Trump over the post office. Here are 3 takeaways.

Sarah A. Binder

The Washington Post Tuesday, August 25, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Patricia McCloskey and her husband Mark McCloskey draw their firearms on protesters, including a man who holds a video camera and microphone, as they enter their neighborhood during a protest against St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. June 28, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/File Photo

For President Trump, it’s 1968 all over again

William A. Galston

Monday, August 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator and Democratic candidate for Vice President Kamala Harris celebrate after Joe Biden accepted the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during the 4th and final night of the 2020 Democratic National ConventioN U.S. August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

The global responsibility of Biden and Harris

Monday, August 24, 2020

President Donald J. Trump holds a press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Can the Republican Convention turn things around for Trump?

Elaine Kamarck and William A. Galston

Sunday, August 23, 2020

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Joe Biden hat auch Kritiker positiv beeindruckt

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, August 21, 2020

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Joe Biden’s convention was about the content of our character

Friday, August 21, 2020

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination during an acceptance speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The DNC’s celebration of women has to be backed up by policy

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, August 20, 2020

August 18, 2020; Milwaukee, WI, USA; (Editors Note: Screen grab from Democratic National Convention video stream) Former President Bill Clinton speaks to viewers from New York during the Democratic National Convention at the Wisconsin Center. Mandatory Credit: Democratic National Convention via USA TODAY NETWORK

How the Democrats are trying to bridge the party’s past and future

William A. Galston

Wednesday, August 19, 2020