U.S. Politics & Government

A plant of the industrial hemp variety Futura 75 stands in the Hemp Museum in Berlin. The traffic light parties want to legalize cannabis for consumption. Soon, hemp could be sold freely in licensed shops.

FixGov

Delaware shows the War on Drugs lives on in liberal enclaves

John Hudak

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

WARSAW, POLAND - MARCH 26, 2022 - US President Joe Biden holds a briefing outside the Royal Palace, Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Anna Voitenko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto)

Order from Chaos

Measuring the impact of partisanship on attitudes toward the US response to the Russia-Ukraine war

Shibley Telhami and Stella M. Rouse

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

The sun is seen over a house wall in Munich April 7, 2011. In the past few weeks, exceptional weather conditions have led to unprecedented ozone depletion over the Arctic. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY - Tags: SPORT ENVIRONMENT)

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Ratifying Kigali: Can the U.S. go the distance on a global climate treaty?

Barry G. Rabe

Monday, May 23, 2022

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to boost Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz (not pictured) ahead of the May 17 primary election at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier

FixGov

Just how ‘Trumpy’ is the Republican Party? Lessons from Republican primaries so far

Elaine Kamarck

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Reports

Essay

Locally driven development: Overcoming the obstacles

George Ingram

Monday, May 9, 2022

The Detroit Free Press takes a look at the preparedness, in light of mass shootings, of the Detroit Police department's Crime Intel Unit Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, which does counter terrorism threat assessments. A crime analyst looks over several different surveillance cameras positioned around Detroit.Detroitpolice 080919 01 Mw

Technology & Innovation

Police surveillance and facial recognition: Why data privacy is imperative for communities of color

Nicol Turner Lee and Caitlin Chin

Tuesday April 12, 2022

Report

The state of the Sustainable Development Goals in the United States

Anthony F. Pipa, Krista Rasmussen, and Kait Pendrak

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

US President Joe Biden, with Cabinet members, signs an executive order on delivering the Government services and experience the American people expect and deserve during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 13 December 2021.No Use Germany.

Executive Branch

Tracking turnover in the Biden administration

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

May 2022

A street sign is seen in front of an American flag hanging on the front of the New York Stock Exchange August 9, 2007. U.S. stocks tumbled on Thursday, with the Dow and S&P down nearly 3 percent, after a French bank froze three funds that invested in U.S. subprime mortgages, prompting central banks to take steps to calm investors. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)

Democracy

Is democracy failing and putting our economic system at risk?

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Blog Posts

Maryland, United States - Health professionals are participating in the coronavirus vaccination campaign at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland on December 22, 2020. The United States already has the capacity to administer the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in some 4,000 locations throughout the territory, according to official data. So far, more than 600,000 people have received the vaccine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

FixGov

How has Congress responded to issues surrounding vaccinations?

Shruti Nayak, Naomi Maehr, and Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, May 13, 2022

Protesters march to the Capitol during a strike against climate change by the youth-led organization, Fridays for Future. This event was one of many held worldwide March 25 by FFF, the global organization begun by Greta Thunberg in 2018. Protesters are demanding policymakers and the private sector take action against the climate crisis and reparations for the ordinary people - primarily in the global south - who have been hurt most by the practices responsible for climate change. (Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

FixGov

What will it take to get to successful climate action?

Dana R. Fisher

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Members of the house depart after the first session of the 117th Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., January 3, 2021. Tasos Katopodis/Pool via REUTERS

FixGov

Why members of Congress choose not to run for re-election

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, May 12, 2022

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Committee Chairman U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) leads the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol as they meet to decide whether to recommend the U.S. House to cite Trump administration officials Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino for criminal contempt of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Podcast Episode

What’s new in the January 6 investigation?

Quinta Jurecic and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, March 31, 2022

PA via ReutersLuke Jerram's artwork Gaia, a replica of planet earth created using detailed NASA imagery of the Earth's surface, goes on display in the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, as part of the 2020 Greenwich+Docklands International Festival. Picture date: Friday August 28, 2020. Photo credit should read: Matt Crossick/EmpicsNo Use UK. No Use Ireland. No Use Belgium. No Use France. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use China. No Use Norway. No Use Sweden. No Use Denmark. No Use Holland

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Brookings President John R. Allen on Russia, Ukraine, China, and leading the Institution forward

John R. Allen and Fred Dews

Friday, March 25, 2022

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

What can we do about worsening political polarization in America?

Darrell M. West and Fred Dews

Friday, March 11, 2022

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Threats to American democracy

The national security implications of anti-Asian racism

American governance: The way forward

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Empowering parents to support their children’s development: A conversation about building a ‘parent nation’