Kamala Harris scored most of her polling gains in the six weeks after Joe Biden announced that he would not run for a second term. Since then, the race has mostly been frozen in the polls. William Galston explains the underlying dynamics of the contest heading into its last stretch.
What’s at stake for U.S. alliances and partnerships. How the next administration and Congress address key foreign policy challenges will define the country’s global leadership role for decades to come. On Monday, October 14, Brookings and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Baker School will convene an expert panel to discuss, featuring a fireside chat with former Senator Bob Corker.
The impact of AI and disinformation. Political campaigns have always featured false information, but today’s new technologies present an unprecedented challenge to the electorate and the political system. On the latest episode of Democracy in Question, Katie Dunn Tenpas talks to Darrell West and Nicol Turner Lee about this issue.
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