Mark Schmitt

Ballot Initiatives Are Costly—and Worth It

What’s behind the current crackdown on ballot initiatives—and why it’s misguided.

How Taxes Make Citizens

Think Tanks in an Authoritarian Moment

When the “war of ideas” meets the war on knowledge, how can ideas come out on top?

Those Boomer Democrats

The American Left is a Historical Success Story

Our fascination with the recent history of the right comes at a cost: too little attention to the left's successes over the past 20 years.