Marvin Gaye, ‘Can I Get a Witness’: The Week In One Song Christopher Federico - January 31, 2020 Will the Senate get a witness?
What Bill Barr doesn’t understand about the office of attorney general Cornell W. Clayton - December 17, 2019 The U.S. attorney general’s office started in the judicial branch, not the executive — and has never been entirely under presidential control
Why did Iran’s government shut down protests so quickly and violently? Dina Esfandiary - December 4, 2019 Doing so stopped the protests — but probably won’t next time.
Brazil’s HIV/AIDS policies proved a success. But here are the new challenges. Jessica A.J. Rich - December 1, 2019 Continued, sustained advocacy by civic activists may be critical to the AIDS fight.
Trump wants South Korea and Japan to pay more for defense Michael Allen, Michael Flynn, and Carla Martinez-Machain - November 25, 2019 What does it cost to maintain the U.S. military presence in allied countries?
Why Xi Jinping’s Xinjiang policy is a major change in China’s ethnic politics David R. Stroup - November 19, 2019 Beijing’s “Sinicization” campaign extends well beyond Xinjiang.
Ozzy Osbourne, ‘Crazy Train’: The Week In One Song Christopher Federico - October 18, 2019 Another crazy week.
The Democratic candidates are unabashedly liberal. Is that what Democratic voters want? Martin Wattenberg - September 12, 2019 More and more, Democrats think about policy and ideology when they think about politics.
Six things we’ve learned about terrorism since 9/11 Todd Sandler and Khusrav Gaibulloev - September 11, 2019 There’s been a lot of research in the past 18 years. Here’s what we know.
Military service was once a fast track to U.S. citizenship. The Trump administration keeps narrowing that possibility. Theresa Schroeder, Rebecca Best, Kyleanne Hunter, and Jeremy Teigen - September 5, 2019 And that’s hurting military readiness and effectiveness.