Image A Way Forward on Campaign Finance Reform? A Beltway veteran offers a few hopeful lessons for the next bipartisan drive for campaign reform. Fellows // Article // March 4, 2019
Image Gideon Who? The Conservative War on Your Right to Counsel Here come Justices Thomas and Gorsuch to drag us back a century. Fellows // Article // March 4, 2019
Image Real Congressional Oversight Means Sacrificing Egos for Answers House Democrats should let experts ask questions of hostile Trump witnesses. Fellows // Article // February 21, 2019
Image How Will the Courts Handle the Trump Emoluments Cases? Americans should know whether they’re voting for someone who is putting their own wallet ahead of the national interest. Fellows // Article // February 20, 2019
Image Why Most Black Virginians Don't Want Ralph Northam to Resign Their reluctance to see Northam step down isn’t support for him as it is a rejection of the alternate scenarios that would follow his resignation. Fellows // Article // February 12, 2019
Image Howard Schultz and the Question of Self-Funded Campaigns Widespread disapproval of the former Starbucks CEO’s 2020 run marks a change in public attitudes towards self-funders. Fellows // Article // February 11, 2019
Image Resignations Are Political Acts, Not Moral Ones If Northam resigns, it will be the result of intense political calculation rather than the result of a soul-bending journey for moral repair and racial reconciliation. Fellows // Article // February 7, 2019
Image Congress, Gun Deaths, and the Real “National Emergency” After eight years, a House committee will again bear witness to testimony about gun violence. Fellows // Article // February 4, 2019
Image Mueller Could Have More Than Russia on His Mind There were foreign nationals from many countries surrounding the Trump campaign, argues Brennan Center fellow Ciara Torres-Spelliscy. Fellows // Article // February 1, 2019
Image Why This Victim of Blatant Racial Discrimination Struggled to Get a Fair Trial The case of Johnny Lee Gates shows the unconscionable legal hurdles facing the wrongly convicted, argues Brennan Center fellow Andrew Cohen. Fellows // Article // January 31, 2019