A Journal of Ideas. Arguments Don't Mourn Regulatory Independence Donald Trump has seized control over previously “independent” federal regulators.

A deposit certificate from the United States Postal Savings System, which operated from 1911 to 1967. In The Public Option, our primary goal was to convince readers that public options—universal, ...

Abundance also requires a full reimagining of public and private investment in things like housing, clean energy development, and modernized transportation networks—areas where current market and ...

There are only 7 percent of the [federal] workforce under the age of 30.” Stier’s group is trying to increase young people’s awareness of the opportunities government offers for “making a difference.” ...

We must approach the world’s most populous country with an eye to its wide variation and profound contradictions. This is true of China’s changing role on the world stage—its trade policies, military ...

President Joe Biden stated at his first presidential press conference in March 2021 that democracy is in a “battle” with autocracy for the future. He continued, “We’ve got to prove democracy works.” A ...

Donald Trump is the ultimate unilateralist, and not a particularly talented one. He undermines and demeans close allies. He pulls out of treaties and international accords designed to advance our own ...

is director of the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Center for the American Presidency and associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University. She is the author most recently of Partisans: The ...

Cohn served as chief counsel to Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s, when the Wisconsin senator was riding roughshod over the ...

Donald Trump has seized control over previously “independent” federal regulators. That’s problematic—but Democrats should resist the urge to revert to the way things were. Sign up for our print ...

Sanford Levinson, Chairman Levinson is a Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas and holds the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law at ...

Barack Obama takes office after eight years of a disastrous administration. Two bungled wars, a record-setting deficit, a near-economic collapse, and a government that isn' t trusted at home or abroad ...