Nicol Turner Lee argues the midterms showed voters rejecting Trump-era attacks on DEI and electing a historically diverse ...

Arthur Delarue and co-authors show how optimization tools helped San Francisco schools adopt later start times and cut bus ...

Elaine Kamarck and William A. Galston analyze what drove the big Democratic midterm wins and what they mean for 2028.

Nicol Turner Lee and Darrell West weigh which data center policies could gain momentum following the 2026 midterm elections.

American teachers’ pay, relative to other occupations, is the lowest estimated ratio among all OECD countries. The median ...

Israel’s 2026 election left Netanyahu and the opposition short of a majority, raising the prospect of another vote in early ...

Niam Yaraghi examines how a 10,000-agent AI proof exposes a shortage of experts qualified to check machine-made science.

Overall, 38% of respondents said neither Iran nor the United States has won or is winning the war, including 56% of Democrats, 24% of Republicans, and 42% of independents. At the same time, a ...

Introduction In February 2025, Wendell Primus, Tara Watson, and Jack A. Smalligan published a Blueprint for restoring Social Security solvency to avoid the 24% cut in benefits that could occur when ...

The end of the Cold War brought defense savings The first major deficit reduction driver was defense savings resulting from the collapse of the Soviet Union. After President Reagan’s Cold War military ...

Elaine Kamarck and Darrell West explain common election dirty tricks and the safeguards that keep vote counts accurate.

Homi Kharas examines U.S. multilateral aid after the 2025 cuts, from earmarked funding to core contributions, and compares it with other major DAC donors.