“Authoritarianism is new to many Americans,” said Steven Levitsky late last month. “And Americans have responded in a couple different ways—but we see a couple of misperceptions that concern us.” ...
The public and private sectors are increasingly turning to the use of algorithmic or artificial intelligence impact assessments (AIAs) as a means to identify and mitigate harms from AI. While ...
A little-used federal law is getting quite a bit of attention in the Trump administration. The Insurrection Act, first enacted in 1807, allows the president to deploy the United States military and ...
Economists, industry leaders, and policymakers explored the current debates over industrial policy—the strategies a government takes to stimulate economic growth through tools like subsidies, tax ...
The U.S. government shutdown is in its third week as funding bills have failed to garner the necessary votes from both Republicans and Democrats to reopen the government. At the center of this ...
One of the most surprising statistics from the 2024 presidential election was the surge of support President Trump received from Gen Z voters. While these voters, born between 1997 and 2012, turned ...
Carr Center Senior Fellow Justice Luis Barroso Barroso, President of the Supreme Court of Brazil. Around the world, many longstanding democracies have begun to wither, crumbling under the slow yet ...
The U.S. government shut down on October 1 as Republican and Democratic funding bills failed to reach the necessary number of votes in the Senate and efforts to prevent a shutdown failed. Government ...
When California raised the minimum wage for workers at the largest fast-food chains to $20 in April, some firms, franchisors, and franchisees claimed it could result in higher prices, fewer workers, ...
In this publication, Technology and Human Rights Fellow Anna Romandash examines Russia’s use of hybrid warfare against Ukraine, which blended cyberattacks, disinformation, economic coercion, and ...
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Higher education in the United States is currently under intense scrutiny from the second Trump administration. A new working paper from Pippa Norris, the Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative ...