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Chris Lu on School Reopenings

Senior Fellow Chris Lu is interviewed on MSNBC.

MSNBC

Trump wears mask while visiting wounded soldiers, medical workers at Walter Reed hospital

“It’s sad to think of all the infections and deaths that could’ve been avoided if Trump had simply modeled good behavior from the start," said Chris Lu, who managed Cabinet business for President Barack Obama. Lu said, "This is way too little, too late.”

Chris Lu

Trump lags Biden on people of color in top campaign ranks

Jennifer Lawless, commonwealth professor of politics at the University of Virginia, said “there are still a lot of milestones that haven’t been hit” by political campaigns, such as a Black man or woman directing — and winning — a presidential campaign. And she said having diverse staff at lower levels in campaigns can help increase the pool of future managers, finance chairs and others.

Jennifer Lawless

World Happenings

Who’ll stand for democracy?

As America moves from Independence Day to Election Day, we are on the verge of a new Cold War with Communist China. The next president will have to chart a course for this deepening rivalry.

Democracy Journal

Will Trump's financial records topple his presidency?

Professor Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA's Miller Center, weighs in.

Barbara Perry

Rulings let Trump keep his taxes under wraps for now, but his angry reaction underscores a political risk

The decision will give Democrats, including presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden, more ammunition in their attempts to raise ethical questions about a president who has fought relentlessly to keep his financial records out of the public eye, said Russell Riley, a presidential historian at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “In the short term, this sets aside the immediate problem of having to confront whatever it is in those records that Trump doesn’t want people to see,” he said. “But it also generates an additional vulnerability for Biden to exploit among that small group of people who may still be undecided.”

Russell Riley