U.S. Politics & Government

Rebuild with purpose: An affirmative vision for 21st century American infrastructure

Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, and Caroline George

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

President Joe Biden holds a Cabinet Meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C. on Thursday, April 1, 2021. President Biden announced that he is asking five cabinet members to explain his jobs plan to the American public. Photo by Leigh Vogel/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COMPhoto by Leigh Vogel/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

The changing faces of Cabinet diversity, George Washington through Joe Biden

Lindsay Chervinsky and Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

The economy that allows you to get your job done is broken

Molly Kinder and Martha Ross

New York Times Tuesday, April 13, 2021

On January 6, 2021, Pro-Trump supporters and far-right forces flooded Washington DC to protest Trump's election loss. Hundreds breached the U.S. Capitol Building, aproximately 13 were arrested and one protester was killed. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How hateful rhetoric connects to real-world violence

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, April 9, 2021

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the investments in the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Vice President Kamala Harris looked on as President Biden delivered remarks aimed at pressuring Republicans to support his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan. Photo by Leigh Vogel/Pool/Sipa USANo Use Germany.

Biden’s infrastructure plan replaces federal cynicism with a sweeping vision

Adie Tomer

Friday, April 9, 2021

Filibuster 101: An explainer of the Senate rule and reform

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deliver remarks after meeting with Asian-American leaders to discuss "the ongoing attacks and threats against the community," during a stop at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/

Joe Biden’s ‘killer’ comment: Undiplomatic, but the end of US-Russia relations?

Steven Pifer

Friday, April 2, 2021

Representatives from all over the world attend the 13th Confucius Institute Conference in Chengdu city, southwest China's Sichuan province, 3 December 2018.The Chinese government encourages cross-cultural exchanges, and supports both Chinese sides and their foreign partners in making Confucius Institute a success, Vice Premier Sun Chunlan said on Tuesday (4 December 2018). Sun, who is also chair of the Council of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, made the remarks at the opening of the 13th Confucius Institute Conference in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. About 1,500 representatives from 154 countries and regions attended the conference.No Use China. No Use France.

It’s time for a new policy on Confucius institutes

Jamie P. Horsley

Lawfare Thursday, April 1, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators raise their fists as they take a knee for 8 minutes 46 seconds, the length of time George Floyd was held down with a knee on his neck by a Minneapolis Police officer, during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 7, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

How to Fix the Financial Gymnastics of Police Misconduct Settlements

Rashawn Ray

Lawfare Thursday, April 1, 2021

Students arrive for class at Mahnomen Elementary School in Mahnomen, Minnesota September 26, 2013. The U.S. government may have headed off some of the most dire predictions about the "sequester," but over seven months, the across-the-board spending cut has thrown sand into the gears of the economic recovery. Mahnomen school district, which serves the White Earth Indian reservation in Minnesota, lost three percent of its funding due to the sequester. The district didn't replace a teacher who retired and has scaled back on homework tutoring and an alternative-school program for teenage mothers. Another year of cuts could force the school to lay off teachers and scale back bus service, superintendent Jeff Bisek says. Picture taken September 26, 2013. To match Insight USA-BUDGET/SEQUESTER REUTERS/Dan Koeck (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E99S159R01

White parents in D.C. talk a lot about racial justice. So why do they focus on majority-White schools?

Vanessa Williamson and Jackson Gode

The Washington Post Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Early oversight in the 117th Congress: Three takeaways

Kennedy Teel, Jackson Gode, and Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Voting rights and wrongs: Democracy legislation in the Senate

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

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How federal infrastructure dollars get nickeled and dimed

Clifford Winston

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

United States Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican of Kentucky) offers remarks during a press conference following the GOP Senate luncheon, in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP/Sipa USANo Use Germany.

Mitch McConnell is wrong. Here’s the filibuster’s ‘racial history.’

Sarah A. Binder

The Washington Post Wednesday, March 24, 2021

United States Capitol Building in Washington DC with American flag

Where are the Congressional Review Act disapprovals?

Bridget Dooling, Daniel Pérez, and Steven J. Balla

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Nord Stream 2 impasse threatens trans-Atlantic ties

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

On March 19, 2021, Samantha Gross joined The LA World Affairs Council for a discussion on climate policy, domestic challenges, and geopolitical strategy.

Samantha Gross

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How one European pipeline is derailing Biden’s ‘America is back’ promise

Daniel Benjamin

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Aerial view of a massive highway in Los Angeles, CA at night

Sustainable Development Spotlight: Federal infrastructure investment can put America to work

Marcela Escobari

Thursday, March 18, 2021

San Luis Obispo, USA - April 19, 2020: people enjoy a warm spring day in the old town of San Luis opisto at the main historic Monterey street.

The new ‘rural’? The implications of OMB’s proposal to redefine nonmetro America

Anthony F. Pipa and Natalie Geismar

Thursday, March 18, 2021