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Politics

Commentary

Contemporary politics hearken to past threats to U.S. democracy

Published Dec 20, 2019

Political scientist Robert Lieberman says the political conditions that have threatened democracy in the past are alive and well today

Barbara Mikulski discusses the Trump impeachment probe

Politics

Hopkins experts discuss impeachment probe

Published Nov 21, 2019

Anne Applebaum, Robert Lieberman, and former Sen. Barbara Mikulski discuss the historic nature of the inquiry and the fallout for American democracy

Election 2020

'It's going to be a complete mess'

Published Nov 14, 2019

Journalists, scholars offer dire assessment of the preparedness of big tech platforms to handle the coming wave of fake news and electoral meddling

Q+A

Shakespeare and political theater

Published Oct 21, 2019

SAIS Dean Eliot Cohen discusses the Bard's works and what they reveal about our political leaders and the drama unfolding in the nation's capital

Commentary

Former acting CIA director: Impeachment inquiry 'going to get much messier'

Published Sept 25, 2019

John McLaughlin, distinguished practitioner-in-residence at SAIS, discusses blind spots in the investigation and what happens next / Ozy.com

Photography

Photographing America's back row

Published Fall 2019

In his book 'Dignity,' photographer Chris Arnade reckons with the decades of racism and economic forces that shaped the U.S. and its communities / Johns Hopkins Magazine

David Yaffe, Vilma Martinez, and Michael Steele

Race in America

Bridging the political divide

Published April 5, 2019

Political commentator, JHU alum Michael Steele joins diplomat Vilma Martinez for JHU Forums on Race in America event

SNF Agora Institute

Discourse on democracy

Published March 15, 2019

Event co-hosted by SNF Agora Institute, Renew Democracy Initiative brings together leading experts to discuss the rise of populist movements and the threat they pose to democracy around the globe