Visiting Scholar at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform Domingo Morel offers commentary.

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Chair of Political Science Wendy Schiller offers commentary on the future of bipartisan lawmaking after the planned departure of a handful of Republican Senate veterans.

In this article, Marc Dunkelman, Fellow in International and Public Affairs, explains how he'd like to improve Rhode Island's infrastructure if the American Jobs Plan becomes law.

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Chair of Political Science Wendy Schiller appeared in this segment of Bloomberg Radio.

Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg provided commentary on a 50-50 Senate, which he says could be a fruitful time to reform use of the filibuster.

Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg, “There is a strong chance of bipartisan public popularity for the plan...This could open avenues for negotiation in the Congress about what can be accomplished.”

This article includes commentary from Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Chair of Political Science Wendy Schiller, "It is a smart move by McKee because Matos is an energetic and fast rising political force."

This article notes that Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs Robert Blair was one of six Brown researchers to receive the 2021 Research Achievement Award.

Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs John Friedman in Bloomberg, "It’s not just that there’s growing inequality from an ex-post perspective, but there’s tremendous inequality of opportunity."

In this interview, Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics, and Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs Mark Blyth discusses how Reaganomics was supposed to work, its ripple effects on Democrats and whether the era of “big government” is over.

Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg co-wrote this article on potentially abolishing the filibuster.

Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg provided commentary in this article, "If what Majority Leader Schumer is arguing is that a Section 304 revision of the budget resolution can be used to create another reconciliation bill, I think there is a strong case."

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Chair of Political Science Wendy Schiller provides commentary in this article, "Messaging now matters a lot because if the Democrats fail, they will give the GOP the chance to plant these seeds and watch them grow for the next 17 months."

Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs John Friedman in Politico, "This money could have been spent in other, better ways to support families during the pandemic or address the public health issues."

This article references the findings of Opportunity Insights, co-directed by Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs John Friedman.

"If the congressional district is only one seat, and you've got a Democrat and a Republican, I think that with the right Republican that could be a very competitive race," said Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Chair of Political Science Wendy Schiller.

Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider answers questions about his latest book, The Oath and the Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents.

Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg offered commentary in this article, "I acknowledge, and have for years, that the filibuster has been abused...I just don’t think the solution is getting rid of it. If the problem is polarization—the tendency of one party to grab the keys to the bulldozers,” then getting rid of the filibuster is “just going to make it worse.”

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science and Chair of Political Science, Wendy Schiller, "I think it’s a very consequential election, not just for the Republican Party, but for the United States Senate and for the American political environment...“It’s either got the potential to push the Republican Party even further to the right into the Trump playbook, or it actually swings the pendulum back.”

Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs John Friedman provides commentary in this article on the potential lifelong implications of a limited or reduced education.

This article cites data from Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs John Friedman's Opportunity Insights.

In this interview, Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Richard Arenberg talks to Dan Yorke about the filibuster.

Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg is cited in this article regarding his book, "Defending the Filibuster: The Soul of the Senate."

In this podcast interview, Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg explains and dicusses the role of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate.