Author: Elaine Kamarck

By Elaine Kamarck Ever since June 24, 2022, when the Supreme Court issued a ruling overturning the right to abortion, people have been trying to predict its impact on…

By Elaine Kamarck Today, two Republican women will be on the ballot. Their candidacies say a great deal about the war within the Republican Party. In Alaska, former…

By Elaine Kamarck In the course of a sizzling hot summer, predictions for how Democrats will do in the midterm elections (especially the Senate) have gone from dismal to…

By Elaine Kamarck We are living through an era of enormous challenges—slowing the coronavirus pandemic, finding medicines that could make it less lethal, finding a vaccine for it, and opening…

By Elaine Kamarck The coronavirus has thrown many parts of society into complete chaos, including the nomination of a presidential candidate to run against President Trump in November. But frankly,…

By Elaine Kamarck, Adrianna Pita Following the first two contests in the 2020 presidential race, Elaine Kamarck examines how Democratic candidates performed in Iowa and New Hampshire, the future of…

By Elaine Kamarck Manchester, New Hampshire. It was a grim week for Democrats. On Monday, the opening event of the nomination season, the Iowa Caucuses, suffered a meltdown and couldn’t…

By Elaine Kamarck, Chris McKenna In this special episode, join us for a trip to New Hampshire in the lead up to the first-in-the-nation primary. Brookings podcast producer Chris McKenna…

By Elaine Kamarck We will never get to the truth about the Trump presidency until we understand why the President of the United States is so fond of Vladimir Putin…

By Elaine Kamarck This week the House Judiciary Committee drew up, debated and passed two articles of impeachment, the first on abuse of power and the second on obstruction of…