U.S. Politics & Government

U.S. Reps Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) hold a news conference after Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved to formally condemn President Donald Trump's attacks on the four minority congresswomen on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott - RC11EF17C500

Racism is not a distraction; It’s policy

Friday, July 19, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Britain's Queen Elizabeth pose at the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain June 3, 2019. Alastair Grant/Pool via REUTERS - RC19A2509000

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – July 2019

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Apartment buildings are shown in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1DE752AF80

Tackling zoning to help the middle class: 5 policy approaches

Tiffany Ford and Jenny Schuetz

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Donald Trump signing executive order to roll back Dodd-Frank

Tracking deregulation in the Trump era

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Medical equipment is pictured on the wall of an examination room inside a Kaiser Permanente health clinic located inside a Target retail department store in San Diego, California November 17, 2014. Four clinics are scheduled to open to provide pediatric and adolescent care, well-woman care, family planning, and management of chronic conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure for Kaiser members and non-members. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1EABI0DLA01

Health care reform: A consensus on values, but an administrative road to nowhere

John J. DiIulio

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Democratic U.S. 2020 election presidential candidates including South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Senator Michael Bennet pose for pictures at the second U.S. 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - HP1EF6S071SK2

The legislative challenges facing Democrats if they win the White House in 2020

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

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America wins as Trump abandons the citizenship question from the 2020 census

William H. Frey

Friday, July 12, 2019

U.S.Labor Secretary Alex Acosta listens as U.S. President Donald Trump announces Acosta's resignation before the president departed for travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque?? - RC11300D1CC0

With Acosta’s resignation, how is high turnover affecting the administration?

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Friday, July 12, 2019

Counter-protesters carrying signs in support of guns and Trump stand across from "March for Our Lives", an organized demonstration to end gun violence, in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon - RC1DC45DF570

Right-wing terrorism could get even worse after Trump

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, July 12, 2019

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How private sector tools can enhance governmental cooperation

Stuart M. Butler

Friday, July 12, 2019

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks during a Fourth of July House Party in Indianola, Iowa, U.S., July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Morgan - RC1F4150F4F0

Democratic candidates begin to address the woes of historical discrimination

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Voters fill voting booths at a polling station at the St. Paul'sEpiscopal Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 5, 2002. Votersacross the nation are going to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes inwhat many experts say is an election that may tip the balance of powerin the United States Congress. REUTERS/Mike SegarMS/HB - RP3DRIDJBBAA

A short history of campaign dirty tricks before Twitter and Facebook

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Supporters wave their hands in unison as they gather at a rally for U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in Anaheim, California, U.S., May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake - D1AETFXPDRAB

Capitalism and the future of democracy

Isabel V. Sawhill

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden is seen on a live video feed inside a concert hall of the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center being used as a media filing center during the second night of the first U.S. 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - HP1EF6S0AOWLW

What we know after the first Democratic debate

William A. Galston

Monday, July 8, 2019

A natural gas flare on an oil well pad burns as the sun sets outside Watford City, North Dakota

The politics of methane

Monday, July 8, 2019

Students disembark from a school bus outside The Ivy Apartments, where a man diagnosed with the Ebola virus was staying in Dallas, Texas October 1, 2014. As many as 80 people were in contact with the Dallas Ebola patient at some point, Texas health officials told NBC, marking a significant jump from the 18 people authorities had said may have been exposed to the deadly virus. Additionally, four members of the patient's family have been ordered to stay home as a precaution even though they are not showing symptoms, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement. Picture taken October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Stone

What does the debate over school segregation reveal about the Democratic primary field?

Friday, July 5, 2019

Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Courthouse in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC198137D7A0

The citizenship question is off the census. Who wins?

William H. Frey

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Security guards stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC120F4804E0

For partisan gerrymandering reform, the federal courts are closed

Saturday, June 29, 2019

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Making America white again

William H. Frey

The Washington Post Friday, June 28, 2019

Senator Kamala Harris speaks during the second night of the first Democratic presidential candidates debate in Miami, Florida, U.S. June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar - HP1EF6S09JQLS

Three women won the Democratic debates

Thursday, June 27, 2019