Social Justice Faith-Based Initiative Still on Its Knees Tarred by misperceptions, with no wallet and ambiguous successes at best, the federal faith-based initiative still treads uphill. Emily Badger
Social Justice Political Lens-scape Increasingly Polarized Obama administration gains another first — most divided debut year since polling began. Emily Badger
Social Justice Obama’s Carrot and Shtick Approach If you can't get a chuckle across the aisle, how could you have gotten health care reform across? Emily Badger
Economics The State of Student Loans Obama's State of the Union speech addressed the problem of student loan debt. Elisabeth Best
News in Brief ‘Obama Doctrine’ Edges Toward High Concept After two big recent speeches, the president is teasing toward elucidating his administration's foreign policy parameters. Emily Badger
News in Brief Obama and Nukes: Talking the Talk, Awaiting the Walk Analysis: Two longtime opponents of nuclear weapons reflect on heady times as the Obama administration puts disarmament back on the map. David Krieger
Economics Big Step Forward Lost in Shuffle The U.S. government's regulatory focus on automobile fuel efficiency and emission reduction is very big news. Sam Kornell
News in Brief The Science of Good Government The Obama administration talks a lot about making policy based on evidence rather than politics. A basic question remains unanswered: Which evidence? John Mecklin
Economics Policy Types Assured Obama’s ‘a Science Guy’ Tom Price is blogging live from the American Association for the Advancement of Science's public policy conference for Miller-McCune.com. Tom Price
Economics Charisma + Crisis = President Obama Barack Obama’s election can be seen as the confluence of a charismatic candidate and a country in crisis.… Tom Jacobs