For many Americans, cities have become a beacon of hope. They are widely recognized as engines of the U.S. economy and laboratories of…
Massive dollars shuttled back and forth among firms on the twisted path to and passage of the 2017 tax reform. Prices of individual stocks…
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…
Using a new dataset capturing the ideological positioning of nearly half a million U.S. judges and lawyers, we present evidence showing how…
The author explains why he believes Xi Jinping, president of China, will change history. Topics discussed include background of Xi in terms…
Professor Linda Bilmes discusses ways to honor US veterans.
The label ‘post-truth’ signals for many a troubling turn away from principles of enlightened government. The word ‘post’, moreover, implies…
This is the first installment of The Big Picture, a public symposium on what’s at stake in Trump’s America, co-organized by Public Books…
Over the past 25 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of subnational administrative units within developing countries.…