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Revive Congress’s Fiscal Watchdog

Presidents are treating fiscal restraints as optional. Congress can restore the officer originally created to enforce them.

By Mark Thomas

Toward A New Birth of Patriotism

We need to make life better for young people and instill in them an appreciation for the genius of American democracy.

By William A. Galston Linda Chavez

The Real Districting Culprit

It isn’t gerrymandering. It’s the existence of single-member districts in the first place. It was never designed to help minority voters.

By Cecilia Muñoz

How to Build an Affordable Energy Future

To unleash America’s energy potential, we need reforms that are different, and go far deeper, than the permitting proposals Congress is considering right now.

By Manish Bapna

A More Progressive Abundance

There’s a deal abundists and community leaders can strike that could let the two sides work together.

By Raj Nayak