By Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox As the 2022 midterm election season gets underway, speculation is already mounting that it’s going to be another banner year for female candidates. Early reports...

By William A. GalstonIntroduction As President Biden begins his second year in office and the battle for control of Congress in 2022 heats up, Democrats find themselves in a deep...

By Russell Wheeler The first and second posts in this mini-series described how President Biden’s 42 first-year district and court of appeals confirmations are second only to President Kennedy’s. Biden...

Over the span of 45 days, Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin lost his only son to suicide, endured the violent insurrection in the U.S. Capitol, and led the unprecedented second impeachment...

By Russell Wheeler President Biden’s 42 lower-court appointments within his first year topped all predecessors since President Kennedy. As explained in the first part of this mini-series, Biden frontloaded nominations,...

By Russell Wheeler One highlight of President Biden’s uneven first 12 months in office is the unprecedented demographic and career diversity—and the record numbers—of his district and court of appeals...

By Stephanie Forrest, Joshua DaymudePolitical polarization, or the “violence of faction” James Madison warned of in Federalist 10, is as great a threat to democracy today as it was in...

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By James A. Robinson, Soeren J. HennWill Africa finally begin a sustained convergence to the living standards of the developed world in the way China has done in the last...