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Big Data and the Worker

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Fusion Voting, Fusion Parties: Escaping the Two-Party Doom Loop

There’s an answer to the question of how we crawl out of the present-day polarized quicksand. It’s called fusion voting through minor parties, and its time has come.

By Dan Cantor
February 16, 2026, 2:36 pm – 21 MIN READ

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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
March 18, 2026, 4:43 pm – 22 MIN READ

Book Reviews

What’s in a Word?

When the word is “antisemitism,” quite a lot—but it depends on who you’re asking.

By John Judis
March 13, 2026, 4:03 pm – 11 MIN READ

Book Reviews

How Taxes Make Citizens

By Mark Schmitt
March 11, 2026, 2:54 pm – 12 MIN READ

Features

Rethinking State Capacity

Yes, we should demand that government move faster. But the impediments aren’t limited to bureaucrats and NIMBYists.

By Brian Callaci Sandeep Vaheesan
January 28, 2026, 4:18 pm – 31 MIN READ