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February 6, 2023

United States
Women in the 118th Congress: Halting Progress, Storm Clouds Ahead

Women made modest gains in representation in the 2022 Congressional midterms but the path for women's issues in the 118th Congress is uncertain.

women in congress
Blog Post by Linda Robinson Renewing America

January 9, 2023

Elections and Voting
The 118th Congress by the Numbers

A new Congress brings new faces to Washington, DC.

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries passes the gavel to Kevin McCarthy after McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House on January 7, 2023.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

May 7, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Eyewitness to Democracy: South Africa

This is a guest post by Le Chen, Janice Dean, Jesper Frant, and Rachana Kumar. They are Master of Public Administration students at Columbia University’s School of International Public Affairs. They …

Mandela Vote
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 18, 2012

Education
Visas, the Economy, and 9/11: Will Evidence Trump Fear?

Will Congress finally act to solve some of the problems with visa issuance that have plagued the United States over the past decade?

9/11 Commission Chairman Governor Thomas Kean and Vice-Chairman Lee Hamilton at a press conference at the close of the final hearing of the Commission in Washington on June 17, 2004. (Shaun Heasley/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Edward Alden Renewing America

April 8, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Tracking South Africa’s Democracy in Real Time

This is a guest post by Le Chen, Janice Dean, Jesper Frant, and Rachana Kumar. They are Master of Public Administration students at Columbia University’s School of International Public Affairs. They …

A search of FACTIVA’s database revealed preliminary evidence that reporting on service delivery protests has been increasing since the early 2000s, with a sharp downturn in 2013. However, this data is limited by internal factors such as FACTIVA’s addition of new sources and external factors like the media’s use of the term “service delivery protest.” Source: FACTIVA
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition