Though many are worried about the potential economic harm of Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the independence of the ...

America is having a reform moment. According to Pew Research, hundreds of jurisdictions are adopting or considering “alternative” electoral systems. Several began doing so only in the past few years.

On November 7, 2020, Joe Biden used his victory address to speak directly to the Black voters who resuscitated his presidential campaign. The African-American voting bloc rescued a campaign on life ...

In the fall of 2018, University of California, Berkeley economist Emmanuel Saez said, to an audience of economists, policymakers, and the press, “If the data don’t fit the theory, change the theory.” ...

Contracts are unavoidable. From signing up for an online account, joining a new company for employment, signing a rental agreement, or even parking a car in a public garage—contracts are ubiquitous.

Before a police shooting makes headlines, before the shooting ever happens, there is the moment of contact between the police officer and the eventual victim. Sometimes the officer is responding to a ...

Industrial policy has traditionally been conceived of as a strategic tool that nations use to gain “market share” in the context of international trade. Over the last five decades or so, the focus of ...

It is almost axiomatic that authoritarian (or “would be” authoritarian) leaders are innately hostile to free and open universities. Consider, for instance, the obsessive preoccupation over much of the ...

It was about five years ago that I began thinking about a special issue of Democracy on the Constitution. I was frustrated with the Electoral College and the Senate even then, which led me to do some ...

Imagine a world where the information environment is a thriving hub of diverse ideas, where information flows freely but responsibly, and where digital platforms prioritize the public good, not just ...

Two days before the election, a Trump car caravan collided with Biden supporters and social justice advocates in front of the now graffiti-covered statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.

The Inflation Reduction Act, popularly called the IRA, turned one on August 16. As a result of the law, the federal government may spend, over the next decade, nearly $1 trillion to support ...