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The U.S. Capitol is pictured following a Senate vote, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

FixGov

The challenge to democracy—overcoming the small state bias

Al From

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

A wheat field under the blue sky is pictured in the suburb of Kyiv, Ukraine on June 29, 2022.　( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Order from Chaos

Americans’ preparedness to pay a price for supporting Ukraine remains robust

Shibley Telhami

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Regulatory Policy

Will West Virginia v. EPA cripple regulators? Not if Congress steps up.

Friday, July 1, 2022

The new landscape of abortion rights in America

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Targeting, universalism, and other factors affecting social programs’ political strength

Robert Greenstein

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are reflected in the plexiglass protecting a TV camera operator from coronavirus as they participate in their second 2020 presidential campaign debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

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Education policy through executive action: Comparing the Biden and Trump presidencies

Kenneth K. Wong and Coral Flanagan

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) speaks during a House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol hearing where members voted to hold former Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark in criminal contempt of Congress, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. With a government shutdown approaching on Friday, Congress is working to put together a short-term spending compromise while Democrats continue to negotiate President Biden's Build Back Better agenda in a hectic December on the Hill. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Democracy

Trump on Trial: A Guide to the January 6 Hearings and the Question of Criminality

Norman Eisen, Donald Ayer, Joshua Perry, Noah Bookbinder, and E. Danya Perry

Monday, June 6, 2022

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Defining distress: Lessons from the Federally Chartered Regional Commissions

Anthony F. Pipa, Heather M. Stephens, and Natalie Geismar

Friday, June 3, 2022

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Locally driven development: Overcoming the obstacles

George Ingram

Monday, May 9, 2022

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A boy waits before attending a rally where former U.S. President Donald Trump is to speak, in Conroe, Texas, U.S., January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

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Observations from Trumpland

Darrell M. West

Monday, June 27, 2022

Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the United States Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

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From now on, we should call it the Trump Court

Norman Eisen and Colby Galliher

Friday, June 24, 2022

Congresswoman Diane DeGette (D-CO) speaks with reporters while surrounded by pro-choice Congresswomen at the Supreme Court, vowing to fight for reproductive rights after the Court issued its opinion on Dobbs v. JWHO. The opinion reverses the federal right to abortion decided in Roe v. Wade, allowing each state to set its own laws. The legal basis for the decision could be used in the future as precendent to overturn other rights not explicitly stated in the Constitution (e.g., same-sex marriage). With the exception of Thomas, all of the conservative justices in the majority testified under oath in their confirmation hearings that they consider abortion access 'settled law.' (Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

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The Supreme Court’s abortion decision—just the beginning of the battle

Elaine Kamarck

Friday, June 24, 2022

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FILE PHOTO: Chairperson U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) speaks as members of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol listen before a vote to approve a report recommending the U.S. House of Representatives cite Jeffrey Clark for criminal contempt of Congress during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

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What can we expect from the January 6 committee hearings?

Norman Eisen and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, June 9, 2022

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

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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

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Improving global supply chains

Reshaping the economic narrative around America’s rural communities

Allies: How America failed its partners in Afghanistan

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