Juliette Kayyem joins Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss the federal takeover of the D.C. police department and ...

From rank-choice voting to reconciliation, American democracy is headline news. Let’s talk about it. On Tuesday, July 15, 2025, Ash Center’s Archon Fung and Stephen Richer hosted the first episode of ...

Feature Jul 3, 2025 A Summer Reading List for America’s 250th Anniversary On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. As this ...

Policy Brief Jun 12, 2025 The 2024 Presidential Election: The Broken Bond Between Youth and Democracy The 2024 election saw Donald Trump make significant gains among young voters, increasing his ...

Governments throughout history have used detention as a tool to silence dissent, isolate marginalized groups, and punish with impunity – often targeting people based on race, status, or supposed ...

Commentary May 14, 2025 The Voter Experience Despite these unprecedented investments in mobilizing voters, overall trust in electoral health, democratic institutions, voter satisfaction, and electoral ...

Commentary May 14, 2025 US democratic backsliding encourages repression abroad — but also protest Matthew Cebul and Sharan Grewal explain that dictators around the world have been emboldened by the ...

Commentary Apr 30, 2025 Information Inequality Can Be a Matter of Life or Death In this paper, Mary W. Graham, co-director of the Center’s Transparency Policy Project, explores the unintended ...

Commentary Apr 8, 2025 Weaponized AI: A New Era of Threats and How We Can Counter It Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation Fellow Dr. Shlomit Wagman lays out a framework to address the threats artificial ...

Since day one of the Trump administration, the labor movement has been at the forefront of litigation on behalf of federal workers. The AFL-CIO, AFGE, AFT, AFSCME, SEIU and other unions are the ...

Additional Resource Mar 31, 2025 Understanding DOGE and Your Data Over the past several weeks, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Trump Administration has been embedding staff ...

Many people still see artificial intelligence as something distant, futuristic, or overly technical—something that requires deep knowledge of coding or advanced computing to be useful. However, AI ...