Polyarchy
This post is part of Polyarchy, an independent blog produced by the political reform program at New America, a Washington think tank devoted to developing new ideas and new voices.
Every national political dynasty has faded by the third generation. The Bushes were the exception, but their luck may have run out.
Moderates don’t want to run, and party leaders don’t seem to want them to run either.
Campaign reform finally moves beyond the dead-end proposal to amend the Constitution, and Larry Lessig and Zephyr Teachout have something to do with that.
Billions of dollars will be spent on this election. How do we keep track of its impact?
Congress should stop relying on mid-20-somethings who are expected to somehow be experts on a dozen complicated issues as of yesterday.
A much-praised new book is too snobby about political language.
Polyarchy is a new blog at Vox produced by the Political Reform program at New America. Written primarily by Lee Drutman and Mark Schmitt, it will explore ideas and trends in American politics as well as a little bit about how to fix it.
When Trump speaks out both against immigration and against fellow Republicans who want to cut Social Security, he’s speaking out for a lot people.
Budget deficits, properly managed, are not only not evil — they’re downright good.
Here’s the real reason the gun lobby always wins in Washington.