The move of President Donald Trump to visit Baghdad on Wednesday is a small, good one, amid a week of calamitous decisions. The press will…
If asked what will be the most consequential meeting this weekend in Argentina at the G-20, you might have a hard time making up your mind…
An uncomfortable truth for American economists is that they have limited influence on economic policy. Take trade, for example. Anyone who…
Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter? Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act
In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in discriminatory…
Tuesday was a great day for Iraq. For a country whose leaders have often disappointed, two exceptional people were tapped to be the highest…
Do people hold politicians accountable for the performance of government? I test this question using individual-level experiences with the…
We offer the first quantitative analysis of rape culture in the United States. Observers have long worried that biased news coverage of…
For many Americans, cities have become a beacon of hope. They are widely recognized as engines of the U.S. economy and laboratories of…
Community targeting of vote payments - defined as the saturation of entire neighborhoods with cash prior to elections - is widespread in…
Democratic accountability relies on the ability of citizens to reward and punish politicians in elections. Electoral institutions, such as…