Data-Driven Discussion on Public Policy and Politics
In the last few days we have heard more of the same old tired, debunked rhetoric from the Turner administration
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The centerpiece of Turner's pension proposal is its corridor mechanism which supposedly caps the amount the City will ever
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According to a recent CNN survey, 96% of private sector employees have a defined contribution pension plan. The private
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A few days ago, I received an unmarked envelope. Inside the envelope was a copy of the draft bill that
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I find it incredible that some elements of the Houston business community are still considering endorsing the pension reform plan
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It has become standard bill of fare for the City of Houston to hold the release of its annual audit
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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.