Rob Oldham has received two APSA Legislative Studies Section Awards for two separate research projects completed while a CSDP-affiliated graduate student. 

Professor Charles Cameron has been selected as APSA’s Law and Court Section’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner, which is given for a “lifetime of significant scholarship, teaching and service to the Law and Courts field.”  

The committee writes:
"Professor Cameron’s scholarship has shaped the study of law and courts through…

Thomas B. Edsall asks top scholars how an autocrat deals with defeat.

The window of opportunity that allowed President Trump to overwhelm his adversaries with an onslaught of executive orders dismantling core American institutions is closing.

Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic, and that launched widespread shutdowns, mandates for masks and vaccines, and had an enormous social and economic impact.

William Brangham speaks with the authors of a new book that's sharply critical of how the U.S. responded to the crisis.

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1A recently spoke with personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary about how to manage money during times of uncertainty. Dozens of our listeners wrote it in with worries about the future of social security. 

It’s perhaps one of the most popular government programs in the country.…

Five years ago, at the urging of federal officials, much of the United States locked down to stop the spread of Covid. Over time, the action polarized the country and changed the relationship between many Americans and their government.

Michael Barbaro speaks to Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee, two prominent political scientists who…

The Covid pandemic quickly led to the greatest mobilization of emergency powers in human history. By early April 2020, half the world’s population—3.9 billion people—were living under quarantine. People were told not to leave their homes; businesses were shuttered, employees laid off, and schools closed for months or even years. The most…

Professor Larry Martin Bartels, received the National Medal of Science “for thought leadership that promotes democracy around the world,” according to his award citation. “Larry Bartels’ study of democratic institutions and analyses of partisanship and voting behavior, economic…

Several researchers from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs traveled to South Korea in October to brief the country’s policymakers, business leaders, and scholars on critical political and economic issues in the context of U.S.-South Korea relations and the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

The eight-day trip was…

CSDP is proud to have hosted Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of The Cook Political Report, on Wednesday this week. Amy offered a compelling analysis of the election results and their impact on the political landscape. Known for her sharp, nonpartisan insights, Walter broke down key voting trends, shifts in power, and what the results mean for the…