Reconciling and Healing America

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Uniting Americans on a Shared Agenda

How to restore trust in government and put facts back in the national conversation in the path to reconciliation

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Op-Ed

Reconciling and healing America

John R. Allen

Monday, February 8, 2021

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

A school crossing guard holds a bus as a woman and child cross the street towards Public school 7 Louis F. Simeone in the Queens borough of New York, NY, December 8, 2020. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that public pre-K and elementary schools can return to in-person learning on Dec. 7., while middle and high schools remain closed; Schools were closed on Nov. 18 when the city surpassed the 3% infection rate threshold set by the Mayor de Blasio. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Brown Center Chalkboard

4 steps to safely reopen schools and save our nation

Andre M. Perry

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

FILE PHOTO: National Guard members stand in the snow on duty, in front of the U.S. Capitol behind protective fencing, in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2021. REUTERS/Cheriss May/File Photo

Order from Chaos

Ahead of a democracy summit, start at home and listen to our friends abroad

Ted Piccone

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Douglas Austen Jensen of Iowa, a supporter of President Donald Trump wearing a QAnon shirt, confronts police as Trump supporters demonstrate on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol near the entrance to the Senate after breaching security defenses, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Theiler

Brown Center Chalkboard

We’ve built schools for a modern economy—but they overlook the challenges of our modern democracy

Jon Valant

Monday, February 1, 2021

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

Podcast Episode

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

Elaine Kamarck and Fred Dews

Friday, January 22, 2021

Addressing Divisions and Inequities

Breaking down systemic racism and inequities through policy solutions

A person uses a smartphone in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

TechTank

Civil rights groups help put privacy legislation within reach

Cameron F. Kerry

Thursday, May 26, 2022

A pedestrian looks at cherry blossoms in front of an apartment building just after the Spring equinox, in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 22, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. With nearly 550,000 confirmed deaths to COVID-19 in America, vaccination rates are going up and nearly 25% of Americans have received at least one dose of a vaccine. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

How We Rise

Economic disparities in the Washington, D.C. metro region provide opportunities for policy action

Camille Busette and Samantha Elizondo

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Jessica (C), 28, says goodbye to Abel, 32, as she holds their five-year-old daughter Camila at San Quentin state prison in San Quentin, California June 8, 2012. An annual Fathers' Day event, "Get On The Bus" brings children in California to visit their fathers in prison. Sixty percent of parents in state prison report being held over 100 miles (161 km) from their children. Regular prison visits lower rates of recidivism for the parent, and make the child better emotionally adjusted and less likely to become delinquent, according to The Center for Restorative Justice Works, the non-profit organization that runs the "Get on the Bus" program. Picture taken June 8, 2012. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY)

How We Rise

April is Second Chance Month

Keesha Middlemass

Thursday, April 14, 2022

The Avenue

Why is life expectancy so low in Black neighborhoods?

Andre M. Perry, Carl Romer, and Anthony Barr

Monday, December 20, 2021

The Avenue

To address homelessness, place governance must evolve

Tracy Hadden Loh and Jennifer S. Vey

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Report

A roadmap to developing inclusive regional economic indicators

Alan Berube and Nicole Bateman

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Ending Radicalization and Extremism

How the loss of respect and civility have given rise to political unrest and what to do about it

Protesters rally to call attention to Asian-American discrimination and remember the Asian-American lives lost in a series of shootings last night in Atlanta, in Chinatown, Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Last night a White gunman allegedly targeted Asian-American owned massage parlors around Atlanta killing eight in a string of shootings, including six women of Asian heritage, as reported hate crimes against Asian-Americans have risen dramatically during the pandemic. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

How We Rise

Confronting the invisibility of anti-Asian racism

Jennifer Lee

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

FILE PHOTO: An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump riot in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

FixGov

Around the Halls: One year since the January 6 insurrection

John Hudak, William G. Gale, Darrell M. West, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Rashawn Ray, Molly E. Reynolds, Elaine Kamarck, William A. Galston, and Gabriel R. Sanchez

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

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How to address extremism among veterans

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The U.S. Capitol is seen through razor wire after police warned that a militia group might try to attack the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Terrorism & Extremism

From anti-vaxxer moms to militia men: Influence operations, narrative weaponization, and the fracturing of American identity

Dana Beth Weinberg and Jessica Dawson

October 2021

FILE PHOTO: A militia group with no political affiliation from Michigan, including Joseph Morrison (3rd R), Paul Bellar (2nd R) and Pete Musico (R) who were charged for their involvement in a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, attack the state capitol building and incite violence, stand in front of the governor's office after protesters occupied the state capitol building during a vote to approve the extension of Whitmer's emergency declaration/stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Seth Herald/File Photo SEARCH "AMERICA IN THE AGE OF TRUMP" FOR THE PHOTOS.

Order from Chaos

How to counter right-wing armed groups in the United States

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, January 21, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

Order from Chaos

The assault on the US Capitol opens a new chapter in domestic terrorism

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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Reconciling and healing America

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Truth and accountability post-insurrection: Where does the country go from here?

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