Biden’s transition teams mix centrists and progressives. But keep an eye on this obscure White House office.
OIRA is the most important office you’ve never heard of
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Democracy is under threat in Hungary, Venezuela and Turkey. Could the U.S. be next?
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This new California law could dramatically change the demographics of its electorate
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Psst, wanna change the law? Lobby this little-known government office after it's passed.
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Psst, wanna change the law? Lobby this little-known government office after it’s passed.
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When is the death penalty okay?
Our research was cited in the recent Supreme Court case
Five key questions – and answers – about how our social horizons may shrink as we use more technology
Ethan Zuckerman is the director of MIT's Center for Civic
Reports of Media Polarization Effects Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Via Brendan Nyhan on Twitter, a new paper by "Mike
Cognitive Democracy
Over the last couple of years, Cosma Shalizi and I
More on the Big Sort: Bill Bishop Responds to Abrams and Fiorina
This is a response by Bill Bishop, author of The
On Assessing the Ideologies of Presidents
Via email, a reader who is also a political operative
Netroots v. Wonkosphere
"Matthew Yglesias":http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/12/health-care-and-iraq.php complains: bq. The cute meme of the day
Should We Get Rid of Polls?
In graduate school, one of my advisors gave a presentation
Deliberation vs. participation in blogs
Bloggingheads have posted a dialogue I did some days ago
Conservative and liberal bloggers
"Eszter Hargittai and her colleagues":http://www.springerlink.com/content/p7m41t21344130t7/?p=8c07e7e8f74145ddbe869374d6e114cc&pi=4 have some interesting research,[1] which