The threat of climate change and the rise of China have prompted renewed debate about the U.S. government’s role in shaping the economy.

In addition to minority communities and those on the political left, far-right and white supremacist extremism threatens violence against law enforcement as well.

This post is co-written by Ben Armstrong and Varun Sivaram. Ben is a Ph.D. Candidate at MIT focused on Political Economy and a researcher at the MIT Governance Lab. In Part 1 of this series, we pose…

Significant Developments Syria. The Friends of Syria group met in London yesterday and issued a communique that denounced Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s plan to hold elections on June 3 and agre…