Politics

American democracy is in crisis—and solutions are needed more than ever. Public trust in elected officials and democratic institutions has...

American democracy is under assault. The country is still reeling from the lasting effects of the January 6 insurrection and...

By Elaine KamarckNot since the days of Jim Crow—when some states segregated African Americans in public places and others didn’t—have...

By Blair LevinConventional wisdom holds that last year’s bipartisan passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) reflects the...

By Marsin AlshamaryEXECUTIVE SUMMARY Iraq has witnessed several protest movements in recent history, many of which have been explicit about...

Welcome to the fifteenth edition of the Trans-Atlantic Scorecard, a quarterly evaluation of U.S.-European relations produced by Brookings’s Center on...

By Samantha GrossMembers of Congress from both parties are politicizing and spreading bad information on the energy crisis resulting from...

By William A. GalstonThe recent federal court ruling invalidating the Biden administration’s mask mandate for air and train travel was...

The first months and years of life lay the foundation for a child’s future. It’s a time of rapid brain...

By Elaine KamarckIt should come as no surprise to observers of Donald Trump’s political career, that his endorsements in the...