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Trump, Nukes, and Democracy at its Limit

The whole world is watching

August 9, 2017 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

In the history of political thought there have been many rationales offered for democracy as an ideal of self-government, just as there have been many criticisms of the very idea of democracy. One of the most cogent rationales is the simple idea that regular democratic elections make political power accountable, because ...

Trump, Nukes, and Democracy at its Limit

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One out of Four Older Workers Lack Employer Provided Health Insurance

July Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55

August 8, 2017 • by Teresa Ghilarducci

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today reported a 3.2% unemployment rate for workers age 55 and older in July, no change from June. While the low unemployment rate may indicate a healthy labor market for older workers, it doesn't tell us about job quality. Only 76% of older workers obtain health insurance through their ...

One out of Four Older Workers Lack Employer Provided Health Insurance

Education

Finding Value in Schoolhouses as Public Things

A Reply to Johann Neem

August 7, 2017 • by Michael Weinman

I am fully persuaded by Neem’s diagnosis of the current crisis in American public education, and hope we all take his lesson to heart. In this reply, I hope to augment and perhaps slightly shift the prognosis that his (and Honig’s) focus logically entails: that if we want to save ...

Finding Value in Schoolhouses as Public Things

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Illiberal Democracy and Conceptual Clarity

Report from a Debate

August 4, 2017 • by Ewa Atanassow

This piece is part of the discussion generated by Jeffrey C. Isaac’s piece, Illiberal Democracy. This May 8 in Berlin -- a date and place whose symbolism cannot be mistaken -- the Hertie School of Governance launched the 2017 issue of the Governance Report. This year’s issue is devoted to the topic of ...

Illiberal Democracy and Conceptual Clarity

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The Failure to Repeal and Replace Obamacare

Trumpism as Extremism’s Endgame

July 31, 2017 • by Sanford Schram

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has failed to get his chamber to join the House of Representatives in passing a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). He has handed President Donald Trump a major defeat that now tops the list of non-accomplishments of Trump’s failed presidency. In his daily ...

The Failure to Repeal and Replace Obamacare

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Use of Force

Law Enforcement in the United States

July 26, 2017 • by Louis Colombo

On July 6, 2016, at the age of 32, Philando Castile was shot dead in his car in what should have been a routine traffic stop. Although the officer involved in the shooting was charged with manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm, he was acquitted of all charges on ...

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Taking “Illiberal Democracy” Seriously

Responding to Jeffrey C. Isaac’s Illiberal Democracy

July 21, 2017 • by Jan-Werner Mueller

This piece is part of the discussion generated by Jeffrey C. Isaac’s piece, Illiberal Democracy. Jeffrey Isaac wants us to take seriously “illiberal democracy” both as an idea and as a political reality at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is indeed important to understand the challenges posed by political leaders ...

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Why Russia Needs Respect

The Consequences of American Overconfidence

July 21, 2017 • by Eliot Borenstein

With new revelations about the possible connections between the Russian government and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign emerging every day, Public Seminar contacted some specialists to answer the question: “What do Americans need to know about Russia to understand why Vladimir Putin interfered with an American election?” On Monday, Richard D. ...

Education

Why Do Schoolhouses Matter?

The Rise of Public Education in America

July 20, 2017 • by Johann Neem

In our imagined past, we idealize the little red schoolhouse, a symbol of ourselves as a community, as a public. We dreamily recall the public schoolhouse as a place where children of the village congregated; learned their reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic; and became Americans together. Certainly, as Jonathan Zimmerman argues ...

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Making Russia Great Again

The Facts and Fictions of Russian Nationalism

July 19, 2017 • by Abby Schrader

On Monday, Richard D. Anderson argued that carefully managed conflict with the United States allows Putin to balance the competing demands of kleptocracy and nationalism without giving in to forces on his left or his right. Today, historian Abby Schrader explains that eliminating economic sanctions may be critical to the stability ...

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Illiberal Democracy, CEU, and the Frog

Responding to Jeffrey C. Isaac’s Illiberal Democracy

July 17, 2017 • by Eva Fodor

This piece is part of the discussion generated by Jeffrey C. Isaac's piece, Illiberal Democracy. As I was taking the escalator up in one of Budapest’s most central subway stations on a sunny July day in 2017, I counted forty-eight advertising spaces along the walls. Of the 48, forty-seven carried one ...

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What Older Workers in the Rust Belt Need From Trump

June Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55

July 13, 2017 • by Teresa Ghilarducci

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today reported a 3.2% unemployment rate for workers age 55 and older in June, an increase of 0.1 percentage points from May. The low unemployment rate for near retirees is good news. The bad news is that no one can work forever, and our calculations report a ...