Newsmakers

The New Syria Is Run Like the Old


Foreign Policy
April 16, 2025

Opinion: Zaid Al-Ali

Shapiro arson attack underscores threats to politicians


The Hill
April 16, 2025

Quoted: Shannon Hiller

The risk of Congress giving up its own powers under Trump


“Here & Now,” WBUR
April 15, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

The Experts Who Kept the United States out of Recession


Foreign Policy
April 14, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

White House Moves Obama Portrait to Make Room for New One of Trump


The New York Times
April 11, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

Trump’s historic China tariffs spread pain through U.S. and global economies


The Washington Post
April 11, 2025

Quoted: Aaron Friedberg

Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With the U.S.


The New York Times
April 11, 2025

Quoted: Hossein Mousavian

Brain drain? Trump cutbacks force scientists to seek jobs in Europe


Reuters
April 11, 2025

Quoted: Michael Oppenheimer

EU adviser finds Polish judiciary should disregard illegitimate higher courts


Courthouse News
April 10, 2025

Quoted: Kim Lane Scheppele

Red Carpet for an Accused War Criminal: Why Is the I.C.C. Under Fire?


The New York Times
April 8, 2025

Quoted: Kenneth Roth

Another Group the Democrats Should Stop Taking for Granted


The New York Times
April 8, 2025

Quoted: Paul Starr

Why an overreliance on AI-driven modelling is bad for science


Nature
April 7, 2025

Opinion: Arvind Narayanan

Big Money in American Politics Started Here


Foreign Policy
April 7, 2025

Opinion: Julian E. Zelizer

Trump, Unbowed, Is Enacting Change on Scale Rarely Seen Before


The Wall Street Journal
April 7, 2025

Quoted: Julian E. Zelizer

Barack Obama – 2009


"The First 100 Days," C-SPAN
April 5, 2025

Interview: Julian E. Zelizer

New book examines Covid pandemic failures


"The Lead with Jake Tapper," CNN
April 4, 2025

Interview: Frances Lee

The end of globalisation as we know it


Financial Time
April 7, 2025

Interview: Harold James

Trump Tariffs 'Shattering Confidence' in the US


Bloomberg Markets: The Close
April 7, 2025

Quoted: Alan Blinder 

No Fed 'put' when it's unclear which way the economy may pivot


Reuters
April 7, 2025

Interview: Alan Blinder 

A Market-Rattling Attempt to Make the American Economy Trump Always Wanted


The Wall Street Journal
April 3, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

Trump ramps up tariffs, will it work to its promise?


GDToday
April 2, 2025

Quoted: Harold James

Entire Staff Is Fired at Office That Helps Poorer Americans Pay for Heating


The New York Times
April 2, 2025

Cited, Quoted: Seema Jayachandran

Could Trump’s Tariffs Lead to a Recession? What Experts Say


Newsweek
April 1, 2025

Quoted: Alan Blinder

The Democrats’ Michelle Obama Problem


Vox
April 1, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

Trump administration dismantles sources of government funding that built Silicon Valley


“Here & Now,” WBUR
April 1, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

Experiment Generates Current from Earth’s Magnetic Field


IEEE Spectrum
March 31, 2025

Quoted: Christopher Chyba

Trump Wants to Convince the World That Climate Change Is a Good Thing


Rolling Stone
March 31, 2025

Quoted: Michael Oppenheimer

Can Trump run for a third term? The 22nd Amendment flatly prevents it.


The Washington Post
March 31, 2025

Quoted: Deborah Pearlstein 

Why Republicans Hate the Department of Education


Foreign Policy
March 31, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

Earth’s Rotation Might Become the Next Renewable Energy Source


Dagens.com
March 29, 2025

Cited: Christopher Chyba

Donald Trump Is a Globalist


Project Syndicate
March 28, 2025

Opinion: Harold James

Lyft drivers study reveals racial profiling by law enforcement


Phys.org
March 28, 2025

Cited: Jonathan Mummolo

Trump Mentioned Biden 316 Times in 50 Days, Mostly to Blame Him for Things


The New York Times
March 28, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

‘Almost comical’: the Trump team’s first national security crisis


Financial Times
March 28, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

America’s Gold Fever


“On Point,” WBUR
March 27, 2025

Interview: Harold James

Trump’s Atrocious War on Higher Ed Demands an Aggressive Response


The New Republic
March 27, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

Negative GDP growth is more likely than not


“Squawk on the Street,” CNBC
March 26, 2025

Interview: Alan Blinder

Trump wants a Nobel peace prize. Here’s how he can earn one


The Guardian
March 26, 2025

Opinion: Kenneth Roth

How Donald Trump personifies a quote from a 1921 George Bernard Shaw play


The Globe and Mail
March 26, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

Researchers Disprove Their Own Work by Producing Power From Earth's Rotation


ScienceAlert
March 25, 2025

Cited, Quoted: Christopher Chyba

They Are America’s Most Powerful Law Firms. Their Silence Is Deafening.


The New York Times
March 25, 2025

Opinion: Deborah Pearlstein

Trump Plays Recession Roulette With the American Economy


The Wall Street Journal
March 24, 2025

Opinion: Alan Blinder

Power Generated From Earth's Movement Through its Own Magnetic Field


Discover
March 24, 2025

Cited, Quoted: Christopher Chyba

The Affordable Care Act at 15 years old — successful, but facing challenges


NJ Spotlight News
March 24, 2025

Opinion: Heather Howard

Government Built Silicon Valley


Foreign Policy
March 24, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

This Tiny Device Generates Power from the Earth’s Spin


Daily Galaxy
March 22, 2025

Cited: Christopher Chyba

Judge Boasberg and Trump DOJ face off in court


CNN
March 21, 2025

Quoted: Deborah Pearlstein

Were the Covid Lockdowns Worth It?


“The Daily,” The New York Times
March 20, 2025

Interview: Frances Lee

How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán’s Strongman Rule


The Nation
March 20, 2025

Quoted: Kim Lane Scheppele

Social Security and the Trump Administration


1A, NPR
March 19, 2025

Quoted: Douglas Arnold

Attempt to Harness Energy from Earth’s Rotation


Physics Magazine
March 19, 2025

Cited, Quoted: Christopher Chyba

Princeton Scholars Deliver Hard Truths About Covid Policies


Evolution News & Science Today
March 19, 2025

Quoted: Frances Lee

How policymakers and experts failed the COVID test


The Science of Politics
March 19, 2025

Interview: Frances Lee

Covid Collapse


Pi Delta Kappan
March 19, 2025

Interview: Frances Lee

The missing link: exploring the potential of national climate institutions


Global Government Forum
March 18, 2025

Quoted: Navroz Dubash

Trump echoes the ‘Red Scare’ era


“Here & Now,” WBUR
March 18, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

Europe is going full 1790s America


Politico
March 17, 2025

Quoted: Harold James

What Can AI Really Do?


The Next Big Idea
March 17, 2025

Interview: Arvind Narayanan

Why Medicaid Is Republicans’ Third Rail


Foreign Policy
March 17, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives


The New York Times
March 16, 2025

Opinion: Zeynep Tufekci

A mural of Anthony Fauci was meant to inspire staff. Then NIH took it down.


The Washington Post
March 15, 2025

Quoted: Frances Lee

Trump Tries to Use White South Africans as Cautionary Tale


The New York Times
March 15, 2025

Quoted: Khalil Gibran Muhammad

There can be no ‘Israel exception’ for free speech


The Guardian
March 14, 2025

Opinion: Kenneth Roth

The sudden withdrawal of a CDC nominee and what went wrong with Covid policies


The Readout Loud
March 13, 2025

Interview: Frances Lee

Would a Peace Deal in Ukraine Last?


Foreign Affairs
March 12, 2025

Opinion: G. John Ikenberry, Harold James

The Coronavirus Consensus Was Wrong


The Chronicle of Higher Education
March 11, 2025

Interview: Frances Lee

What will Trump mean for personal wealth?


Financial Times
March 10, 2025

Cited: Layna Mosley

Is Social Security a “Ponzi Scheme”?


Foreign Policy
March 10, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

30 Charts That Show How Covid Changed Everything In March 2020


The New York Times
March 9, 2025

Cited: Patrick Sharkey

The Dangers of R.F.K., Jr.,’s Measles Response


The New Yorker
March 8, 2025

Quoted: Jessica Metcalf

‘You Can’t Pin Him Down’: Trump’s Contradictions Are His Ultimate Cover


The New York Times
March 8, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

The USA vs Climate: Trump's New Climate & Energy Policy with Dr. Jesse Jenkins


Energy vs Climate
March 7, 2025

Interview: Jesse Jenkins

From Orban to Trump, Part II


Paul Krugman Substack
March 7, 2025

Interview: Kim Lane Scheppele

The authoritarianism of Donald Trump


El Nuevo Dia
March 6, 2025

Opinion: Eduardo Bhatia

Why having a baby remains a career obstacle for women


Financial Times
March 6, 2025

Quoted: Henrik Kleven

Confronting the Bomb


APS News
March 6, 2025

Opinion: Zia Mann, Stewart Prager, Frank von Hippel

Rattled markets, negative polls: Trump’s honeymoon over


AFP
March 6, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

OK, for real, what is a REAL ID


“Explain It to Me,” Vox
March 5, 2025

Interview: Udi Ofer

How the bond market could check Trump's power


“On Point,” WBUR
March 4, 2025

Quoted: Alan Blinder

In India, buying a gun is a WhatsApp message away


Rest of World
March 4, 2025

Cited: Digital Witness Lab, Center for Information Technology Policy

How AI is changing the world


“Studio 2: On the Road,” WHYY
March 4, 2025

Interview: Arvind Narayanan

President Trump addresses Congress: What to expect


“Here & Now,” WBUR
March 4, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

An “Abundance Agenda” for Government Is the Anti-DOGE


The New Republic
March 4, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

This Colombian 'hotel for cows' could help reduce deforestation in the Amazon


“Morning Edition,” NPR
March 3, 2025

Quoted: Tim Searchinger

Trump and George W. Bush’s Common Cause


Foreign Policy
March 3, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

Trump Is Right About One Thing: Eliminate the Debt Ceiling


The Wall Street Journal
March 2, 2025

Opinion: Alan Blinder

First 100 Days – Lyndon Johnson, 1963


C-SPAN
March 1, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

Why investors should be worrying about Trump and impoundment


Financial Times
February 27, 2025

Cited: Julian Zelizer

Writing the History of the Biden Presidency, in the Trump Era


The New York Times
February 26, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

How a Demographic ‘Doom Loop’ Helped Germany’s Far Right


The New York Times
February 25, 2025

Quoted: Rafaela Dancygier

How Trump could be derailing a major global climate report


The Washington Post
February 23, 2025

Quoted: Michael Oppenheimer

In Trump’s Alternate Reality, Lies and Distortions Drive Change


The New York Times
February 23, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

He Fled the Nazis Before the War. He Came Back to Put His Country on Trial.


The New York Times
February 22, 2025

Review: Gary Bass

Trump's chip tariff cannot be implemented quickly: Expert


Central News Agency
February 22, 2025

Quoted: Aaron Friedberg

How do we defend free speech – without falling prey to extremism?


The Guardian
February 21, 2025

Opinion: Kenneth Roth

Supporting Science and Innovation in Central America and the Caribbean


Issues in Science and Technology
February 19, 2025

Opinion: Douglas Massey

Choosing the Next UN Leader Marks a Crucial Moment for the Globe


PassBlue
February 19, 2025

Opinion: Adela Raz

Trump wants to gut civil service protections. Here's why they exist


“Here & Now,” WBUR
February 18, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

How the start of Trump’s second term looks like some autocracies


PBS News Hour
February 17, 2025

Interview: Kim Lane Scheppele

The Dangers of Presidential Impoundment


Foreign Policy
February 16, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

Trump Steamrolls Critics With Flood-the-Zone Strategy


The Wall Street Journal
February 16, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

As the wealthiest lurch to the right, will the commercial art world follow?


The Art Newspaper
February 14, 2025

Quoted: John Ikenberry

Alternatives to Trump’s Russia Appeasement


Project Syndicate
February 14, 2025

Opinion: Harold James

Richest nations ‘exporting extinction’ with demand for beef, palm oil and timber


Ethical Markets
February 14, 2025

Cited, Quoted: David Wilcove

Dismantling USAID is a dangerous mistake


El Nuevo Día
February 13, 2025

Opinion: Eduardo Bhatia

Hot Inflation Raises Stakes of Trump’s Tariffs


The New York Times
February 13, 2025

Quoted: Alan Blinder

How to stop Trump’s power grab


Vox
February 13, 2025

Quoted: Kim Lane Scheppele

Ignoring Court Orders Would Make Trump a King


Mother Jones
February 12, 2025

Quoted: Kim Lane Scheppele

Blanket Tariffs Won’t Fix the China Problem. A Smarter Approach.


Barron’s
February 11, 2025

Opinion: Aaron L. Friedberg

The Pharmaceutical Industry Heads Into Musk’s Wood Chipper


The New York Times
February 11, 2025

Opinion: Zeynep Tufekci

The ‘Mosaic’ Method and the Value of CIA Names to U.S. Adversaries


Lawfare
February 10, 2025

Opinion: Jonathan Fredman

Experts Sound Alarm on CCP’s ’Made in China 2025’


NTD
February 10, 2025

Quoted: Aaron L. Friedberg

What can Democrats do to oppose Trump?


The Week
February 10, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

The Great American Crack-Up


“Why Now?,” Public Seminar
February 10, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

Attacking Government Workers Has Long Been a Presidential Pastime


Foreign Policy
February 10, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

Trump 2.0 Heralds an Aggressive Flexing of Power 


The New York Times
February 10, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

Trump’s sanctions against the ICC are disgraceful


The Guardian
February 9, 2025

Opinion: Kenneth Roth

Episode 316: Deborah Pearlstein


The Back Room with Andy Ostroy
February 8, 2025

Interview: Deborah Pearlstein

What are the implications of Trump’s sanctions against ICC?


Al Jazeera
February 8, 2025

Interview: Kenneth Roth

How Trump Can Redeem His Gaza Fiasco


Time
February 8, 2025

Opinion: Kenneth Roth

Julian Zelizer on the Campbell Conversations


Campbell Conversations, WRVO
February 8, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

Who is part of Elon Musk's DOGE, and what are they doing?


“All Things Considered,” NPR
February 7, 2025

Quoted: Deborah Pearlstein

What Just Happened: At Guantanamo’s Migrant Operation Center


Just Security
February 6, 2025

Opinion: Rebecca Ingber

Can the Trump-Musk-Miller power grab be stopped?


MSNBC
February 6, 2025

Interview: Deborah Pearlstein

Discuss AI like a Pro With This Conversation Guide to Emerging Tech


Next Big Idea Club
February 5, 2025

Opinion: Arvind Narayanan

Trump’s grotesque Gaza proposal is appalling on every level


The Guardian
February 5, 2025

Opinion: Kenneth Roth

A look at the economic impact of the 2017 tax cuts


Marketplace
February 5, 2025

Quoted: Owen Zidar

The U.S. Economy Is Racing Ahead. Almost Everything Else Is Falling Behind


The New York Times
February 4, 2025

Quoted: Patrick Sharkey

Why Is the President, Not Congress, in Charge of Tariffs?


Foreign Policy
February 4, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

Examining Trump's second administration through a historical lens


“Here & Now,” WBUR
February 4, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

What Makes a GenAI Tool a Good Investment for Education?


Government Technology
February 3, 2025

Quoted: Andrew Buher

Trump’s Not a Renegade—He’s a Loyal Republican Fighter


Foreign Policy
February 3, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

Trump’s American Takeover


“Amicus,” Slate
February 1, 2025

Interview: Kim Lane Scheppele

Good Optics But Empty Pockets


Foreign Policy
January 31, 2025

Opinion: Daniel C. Kurtzer

The Law Is Not Fully Trump’s Yet


The New York Times
January 30, 2025

Opinion: Deborah Pearlstein

Happy Homebodies Day


Psychology Today
January 30, 2025

Cited: Patrick Sharkey

An ‘Iron Dome’ for the US? Nuclear experts skeptical over Trump’s planned missile shield


The Charlotte Observer
January 28, 2025

Quoted: Christopher Chyba

So Much for Not Taking Trump Literally


The New York Times
January 28, 2025

Quoted: Frances Lee

The Problem With a President’s ‘First 100 Days’


Foreign Policy
January 28, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

The Great American Crack-Up


Political Junkie
January 28, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

How Trump’s Anti-Globalism Could Backfire


Project Syndicate
January 27, 2025

Opinion: Harold James

Syria Needs the International Criminal Court


Just Security
January 27, 2025

Opinion: Kenneth Roth

Cruelty and Loyalty


The Contrarian
January 27, 2025

Opinion: Kim Lane Scheppele

Trump Didn’t Break the Republican Party. He Harnessed It.


The New York Times
January 27, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

Partisan Politics Is Democracy’s Best Hope


“WhoWhatWhy”
January 24, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

Looking at the future with Michael Oppenheimer 


The Block Island Times
January 24, 2025

Interview: Michael Oppenheimer

New Study Examines the Cause of Racial Disparities in C-sections


Princeton Alumni Weekly
January 23, 2025

Cited, Quoted: Janet Currie

Harvard’s new approach to antisemitism is dangerous


The Boston Globe
January 23, 2025

Opinion: Kenneth Roth

Trump’s presidency may be a family affair – here’s who could be key


The Telegraph
January 23, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

Donald Trump's Delayed Tariffs Blitz Buys Him Precious Time


Newsweek
January 22, 2025

Quoted: Gene Grossman

Can Trump Actually Do All That?


“What Next,” Slate
January 22, 2025

Interview: Deborah N. Pearlstein

Sanctioning the ICC Could Put Most Travel Off-Limits for Trump


Foreign Policy
January 21, 2025

Opinion: Kenneth Roth

Trump finds new ways to flex presidential power after returning to White House


Associated Press
January 21, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

Historians discuss Trump's lasting impact as he prepares for second term


CBS News
January 20, 2025

Discussion: Julian Zelizer

Trump Shows He Is on Competing Quests for a Legacy and Revenge


Bloomberg News
January 20, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

A President’s Second Inaugural Address Is About More Than Vindication


Foreign Policy
January 20, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

In Defense of Partisanship w/Julian Zelizer


The Road to Now
January 20, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

EU Mulls Dropping China Trade Case, Frustrating Trump Team


Bloomberg
January 17, 2025

Quoted: Aaron Friedberg

What the Cease-Fire Deal Really Means


The New York Times
January 17, 2025

Opinion: Daniel C. Kurtzer

What Did the Trump Tax Cuts Do? Nobody Really Knows


The New York Times
January 17, 2025

Cited: Owen Zidar

Which path lies the future for Syria?


New York Daily News
January 16, 2025

Opinion: Rick Barton

In Defense of Partisanship


The Gist
January 16, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

How Biden Surprised Progressives


The New York Times
January 16, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

As Trump cases end, what next for presidents and the law?


The Christian Science Monitor
January 16, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

Reflections on President Biden's farewell speech


“Here & Now,” WBUR
January 16, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

Carter’s lesser-known but important post-presidency achievement


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
January 15, 2025

Opinion: Susan L. Marquis

A Gaza Ceasefire Is Here. Why Did It Take So Long?


Time
January 15, 2025

Opinion: Kenneth Roth

Are We Sleepwalking Into Autocracy?


The New York Times
January 15, 2025

Opinion: Kim Lane Scheppele

Why Hungary Inspired Trump’s Vision for Higher Ed


The Chronicle of Higher Education
January 15, 2025

Quoted: Kim Lane Scheppele

The Playground Taunt


The Contrarian
January 15, 2025

Opinion: Kim Lane Scheppele

100 Years of Inaugural Addresses


“The Brian Lehrer Show,” WNYC
January 15, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

Trump’s Fury at Jack Smith Grows as MAGA Threats Darken


The New Republic
January 15, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

In Defense of Partisanship


Politics and Prose bookstore
January 15, 2025

Reading: Julian Zelizer

Did Joe Biden keep these 99 promises? We reviewed his presidential record


PolitiFact, The Poynter Institute
January 14, 2025

Quoted: Frances Lee

Shadow of the 2008 economic crisis still hangs over the US and China


The Straits Times
January 14, 2025

Quoted: Atif Mian

Multiracial boom in 2020 census was mostly an illusion, researchers say


Associated Press
January 14, 2025

Cited, Quoted: Paul Starr

Partisanship with guardrails’: Why it could be good for American democracy


“Morning Joe,” MSNBC
January 14, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

Partisanship Has Worked for Democrats Before. It Can Again.


The New Republic
January 14, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

Syria’s Troubling New Order


Foreign Policy
January 13, 2025

Opinion: Zaid Al-Ali

How Israeli soldiers abroad are facing arrest for war crimes in Gaza


The New Arab
January 13, 2025

Quoted: Kenneth Roth

How Democrats Can Get the Upper Hand With Minority Power


Foreign Policy
January 13, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

'In Defense of Partisanship' argues strong political parties protect democracy


“Here & Now,” WBUR
January 13, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

Trump's Dangerous Territorial Ambitions


El Nuevo Día
January 10, 2025

Opinion: Eduardo Bhatia

Can Donald Trump vote, travel internationally or own a gun after New York felony sentence?


PolitiFact, The Poynter Institute
January 10, 2025

Quoted: Dan Kurtzer

Good to Know: Sovereign Debt


Good Authority
January 10, 2025

Opinion: Layna Mosley

Gerald Ford, in eulogy read by son, calls Carter his ‘beloved friend’


The Washington Post
January 9, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

A Legacy from Carter that Democrats Would Prefer to Escape


The New York Times
January 8, 2025

Quoted: Julian Zelizer

When the Press Stood Up to the President


Foreign Policy
January 8, 2025

Opinion: Julian Zelizer

President Jimmy Carter: a one-term success story?


“Here & Now,” WBUR
January 7, 2025

Interview: Julian Zelizer

Improving our Children’s Futures


Social Science Bites podcast
January 6, 2025

Interview: Janet Currie

China Is Ready to Take Advantage of Trump Trashing Clean Energy


Rolling Stone
January 5, 2025

Quoted: Michael Oppenheimer

Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout


“All Things Considered,” NPR
January 3, 2025

Quoted: Seema Jayachandran

Shock Therapy for Multilateralism


Project Syndicate
January 2, 2025

Opinion: Harold James