U.S. Politics & Government

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL.- In the photo taken on April 11, 2020, thousands of people in the main cities of Brazil protested on Saturday night from the windows of their houses against the government of President Jair Bolsonaro. Under the slogan "Fora Bolsonaro", thousands of people beat their pots and pans from their windows and balconies, in protest at the way the Executive has been handling the health crisis of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Civil society creativity around the world can sustain protests in the coronavirus era

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Protesters march from Bryant Park to Trump Tower against police brutality and in favor of the Black Lives Matter Movement in New York, NY on June 2, 2020. Protests are taking place across the country after the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis was filmed by a bystander. A curfew was set today for 8:00 PM in New York City after yesterday's curfew of 11:00 PM was set for the first time in over seventy years. (Photo by Christopher Lazzaro/Alive Coverage/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

When Black lives are valued, property becomes worth saving

Andre M. Perry and Jonathan Rothwell

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Jill Schulten fills out her ballot in a booth in the New Albany High School gym on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.Indianaprimary01

New polling: Eroding support from white working-class women threatens Trump’s reelection

William A. Galston

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

NYPD officers detain a protester who was looting in a store after marching against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Riots, white supremacy, and accelerationism

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

A man places his ballot into a drop box for Maryland's primary election in Rockville, Maryland, U.S., June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Low rates of fraud in vote-by-mail states show the benefits outweigh the risks

Elaine Kamarck and Christine Stenglein

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Patrick Kapple, right, waits in line outside Riverside University High School to cast a ballot during the presidential primary election held amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Acker

Mail-in ballots, the coronavirus, and a partisan brawl

Friday, May 29, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the SC Democratic Convention in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., June 22, 2019. REUTERS/Randall Hill - RC161999ACC0

How should Biden handle China?

Thursday, May 28, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump’s tax returns: The legal issues and possible outcomes

Richard Lempert

Thursday, May 28, 2020

A woman leaves the polling place as winter storm blanketed the state on local election day in Plaistow, New Hampshire, U.S., March 13, 2018. On the orders of state officials, New Hampshire municipalities proceeded with scheduled elections despite a winter storm that covered the region in snow and made driving difficult. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen

It’s time to fix Democrats’ Iowa and New Hampshire problem

Morley Winograd

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Dana Inc. assembly technician Brandon Green wears a face mask as he works to assemble axles for automakers, as the auto industry begins reopening amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Dana plant in Toledo, Ohio,U.S., May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

To reopen the economy safely, we need both liability protection and hazard pay

Thursday, May 21, 2020