What Alito’s flags say about American patriotism
Tocqueville can still teach us about U.S. democracy.
The Biden infrastructure bills would restore America’s traditional approach to economic growth
From the nation’s founding, government has been deeply involved in shaping the economy — until the Carter and Reagan administrations retreated from the ‘American System’
Would the Founding Fathers support critical race theory?
Studying their writings — and other canonical documents in U.S. history — reveals how deeply racism is built into the nation’s structure
Despite the pandemic, Americans are still optimists. That’s a powerful political force.
Our research found that American optimism improves civil society, increasing trust in one another and encouraging political involvement.
Most lawyers don’t understand cryptography. So why do they dominate tech policy debates?
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Populists have one big thing right: Democracies are becoming less open
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Americans get more politically involved than citizens elsewhere. The Constitution’s framers designed it that way.
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Happy National Toasted Marshmallow Day! This is what a marshmallow can tell us about politics.
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