What happens to democracy when the independent people capable of resisting abuses of power are replaced by systems designed to make those abuses easier?
Articles on US government
Displaying 1 - 20 of 80 articles
A new release of US government documents offers more detail about ‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’ but explanations are hard to find.
To augment information about you that it collects directly, the US Government is buying less-regulated information harvested by cameras, cellphones and apps and sold on the commercial data market.
Online sleuths are on a mission to decode the massive Epstein file dump. The resulting chaos shows there’s a fine line between genuine clues and conspiracy.
Students who participated in the virtual Research Experience for Undergraduates at Purdue reported stronger gains in research skills than in-person summer interns.
Congress has played an important role in holding federal agencies accountable since the late 1700s, but oversight can also devolve into a political circus.
Careful research into public information and in-depth interviews has shown the scale of personnel cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency.
When presidential administrations turn over, funding levels and project priorities change. A look at one specific government office demonstrates how these shifts in direction waste time and money.
The Musk v Trump media battle went very public, but polls just after the scrap showing that Americans felt more favourably towards the president than Musk.
During World War I, the US government designed and constructed entire communities for workers and their families, setting new standards for housing and neighborhood planning.
Decisions made by Donald Trump’s administration in its first 100 days will have impacts on people’s lives around the world.
About 40% of total US energy consumption is used by household and industrial appliances, such as heating and cooling systems, refrigerators and lighting.
The Trump administration’s job cuts and advisory board changes at the agency won’t change those rules, as a former EPA science adviser explains.
Government officials with classified information clearance typically have a range of secure ways they can view or discuss classified information.
The president has been acting with extraordinary speed – but whistleblower groups are now catching up.
Military personnel at all levels are now facing the question of whether they will stand up for the military’s independent role in maintaining the integrity and stability of American democracy.
Elon Musk’s ruthless drive for efficiency has served him exceptionally well tech startups, but can the same approach work in government where the stakes are much higher?
18F was the US government’s in-house technology consultancy, lauded for saving taxpayer money and improving services. Here’s what it did − and what’s now lost.
It might sound right that if you do what your boss says, you’re doing a good job. But it’s different if your obligations are to the public interest and the Constitution.
Several groups are working to preserve webpages, tools and data – some of which have already gone missing from government webpages since the start of the Trump administration.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor of Law, The Ohio State University
-
Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs Emeritus, Indiana University
-
Associate Professor of Sociology, Hamilton College
-
William R Kenan, Jr Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science; Co-director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions., Vanderbilt University
-
School of History, Anthropology, Philosohy and Politics, Queen's University Belfast
-
Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of Essex
-
Associate Professor of American History and Politics, University of East Anglia
-
Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
-
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of East Anglia
-
Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law, University of Chicago
-
Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior, University of Virginia
-
Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
-
Media Specialist, Department of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
-
Associate Professor in Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
-
Visiting Fellow in Political Science, Northeastern University