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  • American Geographic Polarization

    Research shows that partisans aren’t purposefully walling themselves off. There is no intentional Big Sort. Such geographic polarization—where supporters of one or the other party cluster together in homogeneous enclaves, producing localities with lopsided distributions of political preferences—has been growing… Continue reading

  • can we move on and keep faith?

    We have to keep in mind how being careful can evolve our thinking and how carelessness  can devolve it. Committing ourselves to a course rarely happens as a straight line. This is unfortunate,  primarily because folks get discouraged. But we have… Continue reading

  • How Uber and the Gig Economy Are Making Voters as Disposable as Temp Workers

    Temp politics is an outgrowth of the sweeping transformation of economic, social and political life over the past 35 years to fit the demands of global capital for “flexible,” nonunion labor markets that fuel growth in monopoly profits, irrespective of… Continue reading