Rahm Emanuel Archives

How Democrats can bolster public support for USAID

Michael Tesler - February 12, 2025

Democrats can effectively defend the embattled agency by focusing on popular foreign aid policies – and the growing public concerns about Elon Musk’s influence.

Biden wants to tap friends and party loyalists to fill high-level ambassadorships. That’s nothing new.

Paul K. MacDonald - June 21, 2021

New research explains why these political appointees actually perform better than expected

Trump just issued another immigration ban. That’s because Congress handed over its immigration powers.

Andrew Rudalevige / Managing Editor - April 23, 2020

Like most presidents, Trump isn’t allowing “a good crisis to go to waste.”

Yes, Lori Lightfoot’s election as Chicago mayor was historic. But how will she govern?

Thomas Ogorzalek and Dorian T. Warren - April 10, 2019

Let’s look at the evidence.

Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel isn’t running for reelection. The under-appreciated reason? School closures.

Sally Nuamah - September 20, 2018

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More people in the U.S. protested in June than in any month since the January Women’s Marches.

Jeremy Pressman, Erica Chenoweth, and Devin Finn - July 25, 2017

This is the sixth installment in a monthly series reporting

How racism came to be called a mental illness — and why that’s a problem

Carson Byrd and James Thomas - June 7, 2016

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Here’s how to make government care about Black lives

Ming Francis - December 1, 2015

2015 has been the year of protest. Chanting “Black Lives

Rating the Presidential Rankings

Andrew Rudalevige - February 17, 2015

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‘Foreign Fighters’ for Israel

David Malet - July 22, 2014

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