In recent years, figures within the Republican Party have broken from conservative economic orthodoxy to advocate for increasingly...

In 2017, “truth” seems to stand on shaky ground. President Trump contests the messages put forward by media outlets, rejects reports from...

Thomas Perez ’83, a Brown alumnus who holds a master of public policy and a law degree from Harvard University, is the US Secretary of...

Katherine Mangu-Ward is the managing editor of Reason Magazine, the news arm of the libertarian policy center Reason Foundation. A...

Joe Scarborough is a former lawyer and the current host of the popular political commentary news program Morning Joe on MSNBC. He was a...

Since the Common Core’s creation in 2009, forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core as a set of...

It is becoming clear that Ohio’s status as a swing state is coming into question; the Republican Party has made active and deliberate...

With the approaching November 4 general election, the Providence mayoral race remains, by most estimates, too close to call. Learn the...

Art by Ben Berke If a win-win situation ever existed in politics, the Rhode Island governor’s race might be it. Both candidates —...

Jorge Elorza is the democratic candidate running for Mayor of Providence. A Providence native and graduate of Classical High School,...

On April 28, 2010, Florida Governor Charlie Crist left the Republican Party. His announcement came after one of the most sudden and...

The 113th United States Congress has earned the dubious distinction of the least popular in recent history. As recently as August 2014,...

“We are not going to be talking about polar bears and butterflies,” said political strategist Chris Lehane, “We are going to be talking...

Politicians like data. But trends are a different story — harder to confuse and more difficult to misapply, trends can spell out dire...

“You see homes in New Mexico where you have a crucifix and a picture of JFK on the wall, and now, President Clinton,” says New Mexico...

John Dennis is the Republican candidate for California’s twelfth Congressional district. Running on a libertarian platform, Dennis will...

Last weekend Brown kicked off its semiquincentenary – its 250th anniversary – with fireworks and a 600-pound cake. The festivities...

Governor Lincoln Chafee took the political world by surprise last Wednesday, announcing his decision not to seek reelection in the 2014...

There’s a saying that claims that if both sides of a debate are unhappy with you, you must be doing something right. President Obama, in...