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Fix the Debt, Destroy the Recovery

Unpacking the economics and the politics of our country’s growing austerity lobby

A new study shows that votes cast by mail are more likely to go uncounted.

They may be discredited, but they were still remarkably successful.

The state’s voters will decide whether to require a photo ID at the polls. But they’ll get no say in the specifics of the provision.

No, we can’t all just get along—and that’s a good thing.

Will voters create a $430 million charter-school commission when school budgets are already suffering?

by John Sides October 16, 2012

Why changing ideological stripes isn’t always advantageous for your political career

The conservative watchdogs of “ballot integrity” may have more bark than bite.

Nine years ago, the Supreme Court affirmed the value of cultivating a diverse student body. Don’t expect it to remember that this time around.

Why political polarization doesn’t lead to a dysfunctional Washington