Former government officials have many different opportunities to cash in on their public service, but most academic research and government…
Few American historians of his generation have had as much influence in both the academic and popular realms as Alan Brinkley. His debut…
Few American historians of his generation have had as much influence in both the academic and popular realms as Alan Brinkley. His debut…
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…