U.S. Politics & Government

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the USA Thank You Tour event at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center in West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S., December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC11082E4D90

Can anything move public opinion on impeachment and removal? This week in impeachment

Friday, October 25, 2019

A student stands in a library facing away.

Better serving the needs of America’s homeless students

Ariella Meltzer, Diana Quintero, and Jon Valant

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to supporters in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. March 17, 2019. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht - RC1D993CBE70

What Elizabeth Warren’s K-12 plan reveals about education politics today

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Democratic presidential candidates Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, billionaire activist Tom Steyer, Senator Cory Booker, Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren pose before the start of the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk - HP1EFAG00N578

Automation isn’t the only trend affecting workers, but that’s no reason to ignore the threat

Robert Maxim and Mark Muro

Monday, October 21, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stands and speaks to U.S. President Donald Trump during an October 16 meeting about Syria between lawmakers, the president and members of the Trump administration in the White House cabinet room in an official White House handout photo released by the White House in Washington, U.S. October 17, 2019. Picture taken October 16, 2019. Shealah Craighead/The White House/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC175A7B6990

All roads lead to Putin: This week in impeachment

Friday, October 18, 2019

African-American Congressional staffers and representatives, including Representative Mark Veasey (D-TX) (L) and Elijah Cummings (D-MD) (C) stage a walk out on the steps of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol to protest the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, in Washington December 11, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1EACC0G0P01

Black-majority cities need more advocates like Elijah Cummings

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks as Senator Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden listen during the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate in Westerville, Ohio, U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - HP1EFAG05F29M

Democratic debate winners: voters, campaigns, and democracy

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Graduates are seen before actor Chadwick Boseman addresses the 150th commencement ceremony at Howard University in Washington, U.S. May 12, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Thayer - RC18328A8330

Free college won’t be enough to prepare Americans for the future of work

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Lengths of pipe wait to be laid in the ground along the under-construction Mountain Valley Pipeline near Elliston, Virginia, U.S. September 29, 2019. Picture taken September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller - RC12B8679450

On Indigenous Peoples Day, new ideas for American Indian land rights

Monday, October 14, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Washington for travel to Minnesota from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC16E7006B70

Some anti-Trump voters are ambivalent about impeaching him

William A. Galston

Friday, October 11, 2019