Governance, Democracy & Foreign Policy
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From Resistance to Reshaping: The Right’s Transformation of Federal Bureaucracy
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When historians examine pivotal transitions in American governance, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal stands as perhaps the most consequential transformation of the federal government’s role in American life. Yet nearly a century later, the American right has undergone its own transition—from a movement defined primarily by opposition to expansive government…
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Inside Trump’s Ukraine Gambit
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In the last few months, President Trump has gone from labeling Ukrainian President Zelensky a “dictator,” to shouting at him in front of an open forum in the Oval Office, to pausing all U.S. military assistance to Ukraine, to granting Golden Visas to Russian Oligarchs. Commentators have offered convoluted theories…
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The Democratic Party Has a Working Class Problem
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The Democratic Party brand is in crisis. A recent NBC poll reports the party’s favorability rating at a record low of 27 percent, marking a nadir that dates back to 1990. This polling follows the Democratic coalition fraying in November’s election as many working-class nonwhite voters defected from their ranks…
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Executive Power Play: Trump and the Return of Impoundment
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Within the deluge of policies coming out of the second Trump administration, impoundment has resurfaced as a battleground between legislative and executive power. Impoundment is a practice in which the President can refuse to spend federal funds appropriated by Congress. Those who support the restoration of this practice see it…