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The Right Against the Law

So state courts hand down decisions you don’t like. What do you do? If you’re on the right, try to defund the courts.

Fall 2018, No. 50 – 25 MIN READ

Bold Versus Old

How the new political fights transcend the old left-right paradigm.

By Tom Perriello Felicia Wong

May 18, 2018, 1:39 pm – 11 MIN READ

There Is No Civil War

Centrists in the suburbs and progressive upsets in the cities? This is what (local) democracy looks like.

May 17, 2018, 6:29 pm – 4 MIN READ

Seattle’s Creative Campaign Finance Reform

Do Seattle's Democracy Vouchers offer hope for a reinvigorated democracy post-Citizens United?

By Hanna Brooks Olsen

December 12, 2017, 3:20 pm – 7 MIN READ

Public Service in the Age of Trump

What centripetal forces might compel today's youth toward public service in the same way 9/11 or the Obama presidency once did?

June 28, 2017, 2:06 pm – 5 MIN READ

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Features
The Right Against the Law
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Crisis
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Fall 2018, No. 50 – 13 MIN READ