Campaigns & Elections

A shipment of presidential election ballots is seen ahead of Kenya's August 8 election at the Jomo Kenyatta international airport in Nairobi, Kenya, July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RTS19WEC

Kenya’s election 2017: Unique concerns for a unique country

Douglas L. Kivoi and Steven Nduvi

Friday, August 4, 2017

Voters cast their ballots during early voting in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Millennials will soon be the largest voting bloc in America

William A. Galston

Monday, July 31, 2017

Pylons carry electricity from a sub-station of state power utility Eskom outside Cape Town in this picture taken March 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTSBMS0

Africa in the news: Tanzanian mining sector, Eskom management troubles, and Africa election corner

Christina Golubski

Friday, July 28, 2017

A woman casts her ballot during the Jubilee Party (JP) primary elections, inside a polling centre in Nairobi, Kenya April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RTS13YYA

As Kenyans head to the polls, here’s what’s at stake

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), speaks with reporters following the successful vote to open debate on a health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RTX3CVWW

The Obamacare repeal and the illusion of public opinion

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Voting booths are seen during the New York primary elections at a polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., April 19, 2016.

Does the opening predict a wave?

Michael J. Malbin

Monday, July 24, 2017

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen shortly before sunset in Washington, U.S. May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Zach Gibson - RTX36B6A

Problems with the ‘committee tax’ in Congress

Friday, July 21, 2017

The building of the U.S. Supreme Court is seen after it granted parts of the Trump administration's emergency request to put his travel ban into effect immediately while the legal battle continues, in Washington

Supreme Court set to scrutinize partisan gerrymandering—and why it matters

Matthew Spector

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

A U.S. five dollar note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration - RTX38H7E

Lawsuit challenging Seattle voucher program unlikely to succeed

Brent Ferguson and Ava Mehta

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looks out the window of his plane after attending a ceremony to inaugurate the M9 motorway between Karachi and Hyderabad, Pakistan February 3, 2017.

A corruption crisis rocks the most dangerous country in the world

Thursday, July 13, 2017