Trump wants Nixon’s impoundment power. What’s impoundment? Andrew Rudalevige - May 15, 2024 Good to Know – another installment in the presidential power series.
Why U.S. data forms are adding new race and ethnicity options Amanda Sahar d’Urso - April 5, 2024 Many Americans welcome the shift in how the government tallies people of Hispanic/Latino and MENA descent.
How the U.S. census ignores Afro-Latinos Michelle Bueno Vásquez - June 2, 2022 Afro-Latinos are the most vulnerable to discrimination, but their official invisibility makes them harder to serve
Biden says that the infrastructure bill shows the presidency can deliver for ‘all Americans’ John A. Dearborn - November 28, 2021 There’s a history behind that vision
Why the Pentagon can’t fully account for all its assets — in Afghanistan or anywhere else Christian I. Bale - September 22, 2021 Incomplete audits make wasteful spending more likely
Is your town urban or rural? A lot of money rides on the government’s answer — which may soon change. Zoe Nemerever and Melissa Rogers - April 19, 2021 The Trump administration proposed expanding what is defined as ‘rural’
Did the Boulder shooting count as White male violence? Depends on how you define White. Amanda Sahar d’Urso - April 7, 2021 Here’s the history behind why U.S. law classifies people from the Middle East as White.
Some Trump officials are ‘burrowing’ into government jobs. What does that mean, exactly? David C. Nixon - January 5, 2021 What’s more, Trump is trying to strip away civil service protections from more government jobs.
Biden’s transition teams mix centrists and progressives. But keep an eye on this obscure White House office. Elizabeth Popp Berman - November 20, 2020 OIRA is the most important office you’ve never heard of
The U.S. finally released military aid to Lebanon. Here’s what it will — and won’t — achieve. Zachary Karabatak - December 8, 2019 Don’t expect direct influence over Hezbollah