Anti-Haitian rhetoric is more than a 2024 GOP campaign stunt
Framing Haitians as a “threat” goes far beyond racism. And America has been doing this for two centuries.
Trump claims he’s the greatest hostage negotiator ever. So why did he make it harder to bring Americans home?
Danielle Gilbert - April 29, 2019
The “cheif hostage negotiator” doesn’t seem to understand how American policy works.
No one is surprised that Jeff Sessions is out. But is his replacement’s appointment unconstitutional?
Andrew Rudalevige - November 10, 2018
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Is Obama breaking norms as a former President? Not really.
Nicholas Jacobs - September 25, 2018
As former president Barack Obama has begun campaigning for Democrats
If you’ve lost hope in American democracy, here’s some good news
Kevin Esterling and David Lazer - September 14, 2018
[caption id="attachment_77716" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] In 1876, Samuel
With (or without) Gina Haspel at CIA, could Trump revive the torture program?
Elizabeth Arsenault - May 8, 2018
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Here’s why the Trump administration may actually want Congress to pass a new authorization for military force
Andrew Rudalevige - November 20, 2017
[caption id="attachment_66466" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In this photo from Nov. 6, U.S.
What Paul Ryan can learn from John Boehner’s ‘tell-all’ interview
Matthew Green - November 1, 2017
The Beltway crowd has been abuzz over the recent Politico
How 9/11 created a feedback loop for international jihadism
Martha Crenshaw and Lisa Blaydes - September 22, 2017
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Congress may give Trump legal authority to fight the Islamic State
Andrew Rudalevige - March 27, 2017
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