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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Reopening America & the World

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

(L-R) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker sit around a table during the G7 Summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

U.S. Foreign Policy

The United States is not entitled to lead the world

James Goldgeier and Bruce Jentleson

Friday, September 25, 2020

Aug 14, 2020; Presidential candidate Joe Biden signs documents for receiving the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination at the Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware. Mandatory Credit: Jenna Miller/Delaware News Journal via USA TODAY NETWORK

FixGov

In the upcoming presidential debate, can Biden pull a Reagan?

Elaine Kamarck

Friday, September 25, 2020

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Foreign policy and the 2020 election: Implications for Europe

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Bartender Nicole DeVito restocks the outdoor bar at Farmers Fishers Bakers, a restaurant on the Georgetown Waterfront in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. After shifting metrics for reopening in recent weeks, today the District of Columbia began the first stage of economic reopening allowing restaurants and other business to operate in limited capacity despite the COVID-19 outbreak. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Business & Industry

New data shows small businesses in communities of color had unequal access to federal COVID-19 relief

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Financial Regulation

The absence of Black financial regulators

Chris Brummer

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

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Report

Did CARES Act benefits reach vulnerable Americans? Evidence from a national survey

Stephen Roll and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Bethesda, USA.- U.S. President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday (11), the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by health officials as a precaution against spreading or becoming infected by the novel coronavirus. Trump flew by helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., located just outside of Washington, D.C., to meet wounded servicemembers and health care providers caring for COVID-19 patients. As he left the White House, he told reporters: "When you're in a hospital, especially ... I think it's expected to wear a mask."

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Emergency rulemaking in response to COVID-19

Connor Raso

Thursday, August 20, 2020

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Democracy

Democracy after coronavirus: Five challenges for the 2020s

Célia Belin and Giovanna De Maio

August 2020

Blog Posts

The Ohio Clock Corridor outside the Senate Chamber sits empty after it was announced the U.S. Senate would delay its recess and work next week on a coronavirus relief bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

FixGov

Vacancies, acting officials and the waning role of the U.S. Senate

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

FixGov

McConnell’s fabricated history to justify a 2020 Supreme Court vote

Russell Wheeler

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Sep 23, 2020; Washington, DC, USA; A 2016 portrait of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by artist Constance P. Beaty is displayed in the Great Hall following a private ceremony for her at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on Sept. 18. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Harnik/Pool Photo-USA TODAY NETWORK

FixGov

What impact will the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg have on the 2020 Election?

Elaine Kamarck

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

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Our Nation of Immigrants: Solving the immigration challenge

John Hudak

Friday, September 25, 2020

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Why Democratic communities flipped for Trump (and might do so again)

Bill Finan, Stephanie Muravchik, and Jon A. Shields

Friday, August 28, 2020

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The evolution of the US vice president

Elaine Kamarck and Fred Dews

Friday, August 14, 2020

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How will Black voters influence the 2020 election?

Disinformed democracy: The past, present, and future of information warfare

Can teaching students real debate reduce political polarization?

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