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December 4, 2018
in Current Affairs, Economics, Political Science, Social Science

Message to Democrats: Please Focus on Jobs and Wages

December 4, 2018
in Current Affairs, Economics, Political Science, Social Science

Isabel Sawhill— The midterm elections are over, and the Democrats have taken back the House. They now need an agenda that signals to the electorate what they are for, not just what they are against. It’s unlikely that much will get done between now and 2020, but if the next

September 14, 2006
in Current Affairs, Political Science

Does American Democracy Still Work?

September 14, 2006
in Current Affairs, Political Science

With the midterm congressional races heating up and November 7 right around the corner, we are once again privileged witnesses of American democracy in action…or, as Alan Wolfe sees it, American democracy inaction. In his new book, Does American Democracy Still Work?, Wolfe identifies the current political conditions that have