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LBJ Forum 'Genius for Good' postponed until September 2020

March 6, 2020
The LBJ School of Public Affairs is postponing one of its LBJ 50th Anniversary Forums, 'Genius for Good,' previously scheduled for March 11, until mid-September 2020.

Glass ceiling remains intact as Elizabeth Warren bows out of presidential race

March 6, 2020
Elizabeth Warren's departure from the 2020 race closes the door on the possibility of a woman becoming president in 2020. Ali Vitali, the LBJ School's Victoria DeFrancesco Soto and Adora Jenkins join Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC to discuss what this means in the fight to break the glass ceiling.

California jails, prisons on alert for coronavirus. Fear it will 'spread like wildfire'

March 6, 2020
Hundreds of people confined to a single space every day. People — many with existing health problems — come and go, bringing untold illness and viruses inside. Scores of inmates and staff sharing...

Opinion: America is so divided because federalism isn't working

March 5, 2020
Alexander Hamilton was right — and the vision James Madison enshrined in the Constitution is tearing America apart, writes Donald F. Kettl .

Opinion: America is so divided because federalism isn't working

March 5, 2020
Alexander Hamilton was right — and the vision James Madison enshrined in the Constitution is tearing America apart, writes Donald F. Kettl.

How America can beat COVID-19

March 4, 2020
Compared to a world war, the COVID-19 epidemic is a fairly manageable problem, provided that the U.S. government can rise to the challenge.

Here's what's at stake if Supreme Court upholds Louisiana abortion law

March 4, 2020
LBJ School Professor Abigail Aiken talks with News Parliament to put into perspective the stakes for women if the U.S.

How America can beat COVID-19

March 4, 2020
Compared to a world war, the COVID-19 epidemic is a fairly manageable problem, provided that the U.S. government can rise to the challenge. But without a mass mobilization to secure critical supplies...

Here's what's at stake if Supreme Court upholds Louisiana abortion law

March 4, 2020
LBJ School Professor Abigail Aiken talks with News Parliament to put into perspective the stakes for women if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a law in Louisiana that would place additional regulations on clinics that provide abortions.

A message for Trump: When Americans lose faith in government, presidents pay a price

March 2, 2020
Donald F. Kettl : The management failures that swirled around the government's initial response to Katrina seriously damaged President Bush.