Kenneth Scheve appointed Dean Acheson Professor

Skowronek, Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, discusses his new book "The Adaptability Paradox" and the state of America's democracy.

On the recent anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787, scholars at the new Yale Center for Civic Thought discussed its place in American democracy today.

In a new book, Yale constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar examines the period between 1840 and 1920 and four extraordinary individuals who helped shape America’s understanding of equality.