Presidential Chair and Professor of History, Emerita at the University of New Hampshire. She is the author of several books on modern American history, including The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women’s ...

A look inside the resurgent labor movement, from the inspiring moments to the mundane work that must be done every day.

Yes, AI will kill some jobs. But it will also create new ones. We need policies that will help workers adjust.

Everywhere you look in Washington, D.C. today, there are signs that industrial policy is back. The Biden Administration has characterized its main legislative achievements as an expression of a new ...

In one of the final issues of National Journal, John Judis wrote a characteristically thoughtful and historically minded explanation of the stunning support among Republicans for Donald Trump.

As President-elect Biden’s team prepares a plan to get the country back on our feet from COVID’s debilitating blow, he and his team will be considering a raft of economic proposals. But how should ...

Last month, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that, for the first time in 50 years, the U.S. Department of Justice will not be able to send federal observers to the polls on Election Day this ...

Imagine a not-too-distant future where every decision made by elected officials begins with the question “What is best for the country?” The question seems like it should be an obvious one for any ...

The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America by Michael Waldman • Simon & Schuster • 2023 • 400 pages • $30 “Every day the [Supreme] Court’s power grab pushes us closer to a crisis, a ...

With the end of the Cold War, a wave of optimism emerged that authoritarian and totalitarian regimes would soon give way to democratic ones. United States foreign policy sought to encourage that trend ...

The Biden Administration's support for the TRIPS waiver is a huge victory for people over profits. Yet there is much work left to get COVID vaccines to all. Here's what needs to come next.

On April 30, after a months-long policy review on North Korea, the Biden Administration revealed that it will embark on a “calibrated, practical approach to diplomacy” while maintaining sanctions ...