U.S. Politics & Government

Former special counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in before testifying to the House Judiciary Committee about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rayburn House Office Building, in Washington, D.C., U.S. July 24, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via Reuters - RC18639DA8F0

The Mueller testimony: Two narratives

Thursday, July 25, 2019

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

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 N. Ford and Jenny Schuetz

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, Jr.

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Americans

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

William H. Frey

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

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

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