U.S. Politics & Government

A person reaches up to touch the "Spirit of Freedom" Memorial just after its unveiling July 18. The statue honors the more than 200,000 African-American soldiers who fought, and the more than 37,000 who died, during the Civil War.RC/vm/AA

Remembering when RNC delegates fought for racial justice

Vanessa Williamson

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

U.S. first lady Melania Trump delivers her live address to the largely virtual 2020 Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Melania Trump can teach the president about how to talk to women voters

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to the largely virtual 2020 Republican National Convention in a live address broadcast from the Mellon Auditorium in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

The 2020 Republican Party platform: “L’etat, c’est moi”

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Patricia McCloskey and her husband Mark McCloskey draw their firearms on protesters, including a man who holds a video camera and microphone, as they enter their neighborhood during a protest against St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. June 28, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/File Photo

For President Trump, it’s 1968 all over again

William A. Galston

Monday, August 24, 2020

United States Postal Service (USPS) workers load mail into delivery trucks outside a post office in Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Why Trump’s attack on USPS is an attack on the Constitution, democracy, and racial equality

Monday, August 24, 2020

President Donald J. Trump holds a press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Can the Republican Convention turn things around for Trump?

Elaine Kamarck and William A. Galston

Sunday, August 23, 2020

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Joe Biden’s convention was about the content of our character

Friday, August 21, 2020

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination during an acceptance speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The DNC’s celebration of women has to be backed up by policy

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, August 20, 2020

August 18, 2020; Milwaukee, WI, USA; (Editors Note: Screen grab from Democratic National Convention video stream) Former President Bill Clinton speaks to viewers from New York during the Democratic National Convention at the Wisconsin Center. Mandatory Credit: Democratic National Convention via USA TODAY NETWORK

How the Democrats are trying to bridge the party’s past and future

William A. Galston

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a campaign speech at Mankato Regional Airport in Mankato, Minnesota, U.S., August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Kasich can’t help Biden win over Republicans but Trump can

Monday, August 17, 2020