Data-Driven Discussion on Public Policy and Politics
The state of Texas maintains a pension system for its employees (including state elected officials) known as the Texas Employment
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Update on Texas COVID Stats – Steady Decline in All Metrics
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The hyper-partisans have already been using the power grid failure as grist for the renewable energy versus fossil fuel debate.
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You may have never heard of the term “federally qualified health clinic,” commonly referred to as FQHCs, but you probably
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For the last two weeks (ending February 6), all metrics have indicated that COVID infections in Texas are steadily declining.
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American democracy is at an impasse. After years of zero-sum partisan trench warfare, our political institutions are deteriorating. Our norms are collapsing. Democrats and Republicans no longer merely argue; they cut off contact with each other. In short, the two-party system is breaking our democracy, and driving us all crazy.
Deftly weaving together history, democratic theory, and cutting edge political science research, Drutman tells the story of how American politics became so toxic, why the country is trapped in a doom loop of escalating two-party warfare, and why it is destroying the shared sense of fairness and legitimacy on which democracy depends.