U.S. Politics & Government

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Stacey Abrams at Brookings, February 15, 2019 (by Sharon Farmer)

Brookings Now

WATCH: Stacey Abrams on how to address voter suppression

Fred Dews

Friday, February 15, 2019

The children of Orfa, a migrant from Honduras, Rachel (second L), Carolina (second R) and Bayron (R), walk to a park to play with neighbours Jose (L) and Jefferson (C) in Texico, New Mexico, U.S., November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "ELLIOTT ORFA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1CBD42DD70

The Avenue

Trump’s wall will not prevent America’s diversity boom

William H. Frey

Friday, February 15, 2019

Podcast Episode

Stacey Abrams on how to overcome voter suppression

Stacey Abrams, Jelani Cobb, and Fred Dews

Friday, February 15, 2019

Police officers stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer - RC1AECFD3360

FixGov

Why Kavanaugh and a conservative Supreme Court punted a religious liberty case on procedure

Richard Lempert

Friday, February 15, 2019

Reports

U.S. Politics & Government

The Democrats’ choice: The midterm elections and the road to 2020

William A. Galston and Clara Hendrickson

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Climate Change

How the geography of climate damage could make the politics less polarizing

Mark Muro, David G. Victor, and Jacob Whiton

January 29, 2019

Jan 3, 2019; Washington, DC, USA; Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D, MA) is sworn in by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a member of the 116th Congress on January 3, 2019 in Washington D.C. Mandatory Credit: Hannah Gaber-USA TODAY - 11935259

Campaigns & Elections

Black women are looking forward to the 2020 elections

Andre M. Perry

January 10, 2019

People walk past a 5G banner during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain

Telecommunications & Internet

Enabling opportunities: 5G, the internet of things, and communities of color

Nicol Turner Lee

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. Politics & Government

Tracking turnover in the Trump administration

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

January 2019

Blog Posts

The vehicle barrier on the U.S.- Mexico border weaves around Saguaro cactus in the Sonoran desert

FixGov

A president’s national emergencies are in the eye of the beholder

Elaine Kamarck

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Immigration activists march toward the U.S. Capitol to protest the Trump Administration's immigration policy in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1726866820

FixGov

Can immigration reform happen? A look back

Elaine Kamarck and Christine Stenglein

Monday, February 11, 2019

FEBRUARY 5, 2019 - WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address, with Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, at the Capitol in Washington, DC on February 5, 2019. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS - RC111FD41E00

Up Front

Brookings experts react to Trump’s second State of the Union

Scott R. Anderson, Jessica Brandt, Daniel L. Byman, Giovanna De Maio, Vanda Felbab-Brown, William G. Gale, Aaron Klein, Aaron Krupkin, Jung H. Pak, Jonathan Rauch, Richard V. Reeves, Adie Tomer, Nicol Turner Lee, Jon Valant, and Darrell West

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

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Events

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A conversation with Stacey Abrams: Race and political power in the United States

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Why facts and think tanks matter

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

The dissatisfied public: What can Congress do?

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Washington, DC

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Multimedia

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) hold a news conference for their proposed "Green New Deal" to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 7, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1FD2ED6050

Climate Change

Is the Green New Deal biting off too much?

Samantha Gross

Friday, February 8, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are seen behind the reflection of a House chamber railing as Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2018. Reuters photographer Carlos Barria: "The State of the Union speech is one of the most important political events at the beginning of the year. We usually photograph it from several fixed positions, but this year I was assigned to be the 'rotating' photographer, meaning I could move around on the balcony and shoot from different angles, but only during short windows of time. During one of those windows, I found an interesting play of light reflected off a gold-colored railing, which, at a certain angle, could be seen to fall over the president." REUTERS/Carlos Barria SEARCH "TRUMP POY" FOR FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2018 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. - RC19E32723F0

Brookings Now

WATCH: Brookings experts preview President Trump’s State of the Union speech

Fred Dews

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump announces a deal to end the partial government shutdown as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1575982D00

116th U.S. Congress

Why Trump ended the shutdown – for now

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, January 25, 2019

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