Data-Driven Discussion on Public Policy and Politics
Over the last two weeks (ending 1/30), the country’s epidemic metrics showed clear indications that we are on the backside
learn more
It may not seem like it if you work in an emergency room in Texas right now, but the COVID
learn more
Over the last two weeks (ending 1/16), the country’s epidemic metrics began to show more evidence that we are at
learn more
The City of Houston is required by state law to file its annual audit (the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report or
learn moreHelp Bill to learn about what issues are the most important to you!
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.