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Recently, I ran across some news reports about a neighborhood that was fighting a new townhouse project on some adjacent
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In its never-ending quest to nickel and dime Houstonians out of every last dollar, the City of Houston recently announced
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If you follow the jobs report issued by the Labor Department each month, you have probably heard of something called
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Two important documents were recently released on flooding in our region. The first is the Harris County Flood Control District’s"
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There are two basic strategies for mitigating flood damages. One is to raise the level at which structures are built.
learn moreThere are two basic strategies for mitigating flood damages. One is to raise the level at which structures are built.
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STORIES FROM ACROSS AMERICA ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST
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STORIES FROM ACROSS AMERICA ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST
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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.
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