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For the last four years, our nation – and indeed the world – has watched the Trump administration repeatedly abdicate their responsibilities on everything from climate change to the COVID-19 pandemic; and so cities, especially New York City, have risen to the occasion to become the emblem of 21st century American leadership.

The decision to participate in an election is not about assigning legitimacy, but about choosing a terrain in which to contest power from an authoritarian regime.

Because caucuses and primaries occur long before the actual convention and signal who the next presidential candidate will be, conventions have morphed into largely symbolic gatherings to showcase a unified party approach and the commitments and values of the nominee.

Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris as his running mate will have a lasting impact on how Americans think about the presidential ticket, and confirms the violent killing of George Floyd unleashed a demand for racial equality that continues to have dramatic impact.

Rejecting science, creating enemies and polarizing discourse are part of Jair Bolsonaro’s leadership style. But can this style survive the simultaneous economic, political and social crisis that the pandemic has unravelled?

Evaluating current protests in light of previous protests, especially in light of contemporary claims that protest sometimes drives politics in more conservative directions.

With less than four months remaining until the presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden holds a substantial lead over President Trump in the polls. Professor Peter Trubowitz writes that the COVID-19 pandemic means that there will be far more absentee ballots, and that we should not discount the likelihood of President Trump using this difference to claim that the final result is a fraud if he does not win.