In an event co-hosted by AEI and the Center for American Progress, Rick Hess and Raegan Miller will discuss their views on what particular changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will allow it to fulfill its aims without causing educators and local officials legal headaches.

The outcome of the US debt limit crisis is far from clear, but it will inevitably frame the central issue in the 2012 campaign: should the US continue moving towards a more European set of public policies?

Waiting to act until the Supreme Court has made its decision on ObamaCare proves risky for all involved. 

The people of Germany have spoken, but their answer was muddled. Gerhard Schroeder and Angela Merkel both claim to have won the elections. Germany finds itself in the worst deadlock in its postwar history. How will this deadlock in Europe's biggest economy be overcome? What are the implications for the...

We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.

After years of deadlock over climate policy, Congress appears poised to enact the first federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions this fall.

Immigration reform is not dead, but it will take some fancy footwork to pass it in the 109th Congress.

Extreme partisan deadlock is a cancer that endangers our nation. AsBarack Obama pointed out in his campaign, reason and compromise are needed now--right now.