On the Lawfare Podcast, Benjamin Wittes, Molly Reynolds, and Quinta Jurecic discuss the first hearing of the special House Select Committee to investigate the Jan. 6 riots and insurrection, the emerging fissures within the Republican party, and whether the committee will have enough time and focus to get to real accountability.
It is comforting to believe that American democracy, though weakened, will bounce back. But nowhere is it written that a political undertaking is assured a lifetime measured in millennia, warns Marvin Kalb.
Despite the party's steady shift to the left over the past quarter century, Elaine Kamarck and William Galston explain why Democrats have been forced to take electoral reality into account when they select their presidential nominee.
Klobuchar seeks to quell health misinformation on social media. A new bill from Sen. Amy Klobuchar would strip Facebook of its immunity from lawsuits under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act if it algorithmically promotes health misinformation,writes Mark MacCarthy.
Biden’s "antitrust revolution" overlooks AI—at Americans' peril. A handful of companies have outsize influence on the world's artificial intelligence. In WIRED,Bhaskar Chakravorti arguesthat policymakers must act now to stem the rise of powerful monopolies.
Listen: COVID-19 vaccine passport concerns. While digital health certificates may facilitate a safer and faster recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, there are valid concerns about privacy, equity, and access. Jay Stanley of the ACLU joins Brookings experts Nicol Turner-Lee, Mark Hall, and Emily Skahill to discuss these issues on a new episode of the TechTank podcast.
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