• Northern Ireland: Weaponizing a Peace Agreement | Insight
    May 9 2022

    A monumental election may lead to paralysis as terms designed to foster peace and cooperation are wielded in power politics.

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    10 mins
  • Cawthorn in Crisis: Private Vice, Public Mediocrity | Insight
    May 6 2022

    The social media generation’s first House member is showing how hard it will be to balance privacy with public service.

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    8 mins
  • The Supreme Court Problem, Without the Partisanship | Focus re-run
    May 4 2022

    It's back in the news. Whatever you think, it probably proves the court is a mess of an institution we'd do well to reform.

    This Focus originally appeared on August 29, 2021, under the headline: "The Supreme Court: Political, Unaccountable, and All Too Powerful." Due to the recent leak of a Supreme Court opinion portending an overturn of Roe v. Wade, we decided to re-publish it.

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    The Supreme Court and Constitutional Democracy, by John Agresto

    "Written statement of [Professor] Samuel Moyn," to the President's Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.

    "The Supreme Court Needs to be Cut Down to Size," by Jamelle Bouie, in The New York Times.

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    11 mins
  • Can the EU Bring Hungary to Heel? | Insight
    May 2 2022

    Hungary’s rocky relationship with the EU is about to get rockier. Could current tensions initiate an exit?

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    Our previous coverage of Hungary's recent election

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    8 mins
  • Stalin and the Nazis: Unusual Comrades | Focus
    May 1 2022

    Whether Communist, monarchist, or Nazi, any opponents of German democracy in the ‘20s could find a friend in the Soviet Union.

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    16 mins
  • Coloring Inside the Lines | Insight
    Apr 29 2022

    New York Dems have been denied their gerrymander. They’ll need to find more productive ways to push the boundaries.

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  • Interim Interruptions | Insight
    Apr 27 2022

    The Senate is making it harder to fill key posts in the government. The ready fix may not be a fix at all.

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  • A Gloomy Future for Free Speech? | Focus
    Apr 24 2022

    Conservatives are using the power of the state to curtail freedom of speech. Will progressives step up to defend it?

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    13 mins