The presidential candidates made several stops from Iowa to Ohio to fight for those last votes that could sway the election in their favor. A national average of polls has Barack Obama and Mitt...

Each license plate on a car registered in the District reads “Taxation Without Representation,” the old Revolutionary War-era saying. But to residents of this city, that sentiment isn’t merely...

The steering committee of the Georgetown Community Partnership, a body formed out of the university’s 2010 Campus Plan agreement with the surrounding community, convened for the first time Saturday. According...

Former and current members of the State Department discussed the future of the United States’ role in Asia in Gaston Hall Thursday afternoon. The event,“Forging Consensus: U.S.-Asia Policy in the...

The Sam Dulik of 2008 would likely be shocked by the Sam Dulik of 2012. Four years ago, I was anObamaphile who traipsed across America from swing states to the Democratic National Convention in Denver,...

This past week, I violated one of my own cardinal rules of social media: Do not be involved in a political or ideological debate on Facebook. You know how when you’re scrolling through your Facebook...

Author James Mann and The Washington Post correspondent Tom Hamburger discussed politics, foreign policy and the presidential race in Georgetown’s Mortara Center for International Studies Tuesday afternoon. Hamburger,...

This campaign season has been characterized by a lack of meaningful consideration of the other side. Blame it on news and social media selling us what we want to hear, or convince yourself that you grew...

In all the heat of the presidential race, we sometimes forget that the battle for the U.S. Senate is just as intense. Democrats currently enjoy a slim 53-47 majority, but that edge is in serious jeopardy,...

In 1991, Anita Hill became a household name. After President George H.W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, Hill accused Thomas of sexually harassing her while they worked together at...

First lady Michelle Obama’s speech, titled “How Hard You Work,” was perhaps the most impressive speech of the Democratic National Convention. On behalf of her husband, she relayed a simple, well-received...