U.S. Politics & Government

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FixGov

Calling Trump’s bluff: The deal Democrats should offer to end the shutdown

Morley Winograd

Thursday, January 17, 2019

A migrant from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, runs with his son after crossing illegally from Mexico to the U.S. by jumping a border fence, as they are photographed through the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, January 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem - RC11E5CFADE0

FixGov

When it comes to the border, money doesn’t solve all problems

Christine Stenglein and John Hudak

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

This aerial picture shows the Washington Monument standing on the National Mall and the White House at far left in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1C9C4C2D70

FixGov

The real threat the government shutdown poses for the American economy

Robert Shapiro

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Donald Trump signing executive order to roll back Dodd-Frank

Regulatory Policy

Tracking deregulation in the Trump era

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Reports

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, Elaine Kamarck, and Nicholas W. Zeppos

January 2019

An Occupy Wall Street movement activist raises his fist while protesting in front of a digital flag of the United States in Manhattan's Time Square in New York on July 17, 2012. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY) - GM1E87I0W6M01

Technology & Innovation

Malevolent soft power, AI, and the threat to democracy

Elaine Kamarck

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Economic Development

Countering the geography of discontent: Strategies for left-behind places

Clara Hendrickson, Mark Muro, and William A. Galston

November, 2018

Blog Posts

A mariachi musician walks past a mural in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, home to many Mexican migrants, in California August 5, 2014. Los Angeles is a culturally thriving city and one of the most ethnically diverse in the United States, with a population that is 48.5 percent Latino and 11.3 percent Asian, according to a 2010 census. Immigration has become a hot button issue ahead of U.S. midterm elections on November 4, and despite arguments from the White House that legal migration benefits businesses, a recent opinion poll found most Americans believe migrants place a burden on the economy. Picture taken August 5, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 02 OF 28 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'LOS ANGELES, WORLD IN A CITY' SEARCH 'NICHOLSON CENSUS' FOR ALL - GM1EAAU16C101

The Avenue

Ruling on citizenship question may save the 2020 census

William H. Frey

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

The Avenue

To save the planet, the Green New Deal needs to improve urban land use

Jenny Schuetz

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol at the start of the third day of a shut down of the federal government in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC12F4FE0800

FixGov

Why McConnell is on the sidelines of a historically long government shutdown

Molly E. Reynolds

Monday, January 14, 2019

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Jessica, a migrant woman from Guatemala seeking asylum, walks to the edge of the border wall before illegally crossing into the United States with her sons Francisco, 5, and Jorge, 9, from the outskirts of Tijuana into San Diego County December 1, 2018. Picture taken December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Adrees Latif - RC1C78F00810

U.S. Politics & Government

Can Trump declare a national emergency to build a border wall?

William A. Galston

Monday, January 7, 2019

Clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol as budget legislation deadlines loom for a potential federal government shutdown in Washington, U.S., December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1A27BF8930

The Federal Budget

Will Trump and Congress shut down the government?

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, December 21, 2018

Syria

President Trump’s mad dash out of Syria

Scott R. Anderson

Thursday, December 20, 2018

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Reports

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