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Are Mexican Immigrants Becoming Full Participants in American Society?
Tomás Roberto Jiménez and Helen B. Marrow, May 2013
Race and Ethnicity, Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Children & Families, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
Why Immigration Reform with a Path to Citizenship Faces an Uphill Climb in Congress
Tom K. Wong, May 2013
Immigrants & Immigration Reform, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
When Election Rules Undermine Democracy
Amel Ahmed, April 2013
Voters and Voter Participation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
The Widening Partisan Gender Gap in the U.S. Congress
Karen Beckwith, March 2013
Women, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
Reclaiming Democratic Populism
Harry C. Boyte, March 2013
Social Movements, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
Why America Needs Another "Sputnik Moment" to Tackle National Challenges
Thomas F. Remington, March 2013
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
Unequal Citizen Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy
Henry E. Brady, Kay Lehman Schlozman and Sidney Verba, March 2013
Voters and Voter Participation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement
How Did We Get Here? The Roots of Deficit Brinksmanship
Joseph White, February 2013
Public Budgets and Taxes, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
What Can U.S. Presidents Accomplish in a Second Term?
Daniel Paul Franklin, February 2013
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
Are Politicians Prejudiced against the Poor?
Nicholas Carnes and John Holbein, January 2013
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
How Do Effective Associations Spur Citizen Engagement?
Hahrie Han, January 2013
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement
Under Democratic Presidents, Minorities Make Economic Gains - And So Do Whites
Zoltan Hajnal and Jeremy D. Horowitz, November 2012
Race and Ethnicity, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
Why the U.S. Congress Cannot Really Declare War - And What Might be Done about It
Brien Hallett, November 2012
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, War & the Military
Why Does U.S. Politics Tilt toward the Wealthy?
Lisa Disch, October 2012
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement
Why Washington D.C. is Broken - And How It Can be Fixed
Thomas E. Mann, October 2012
Social Movements, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
Building an Economy for All
Jacob S. Hacker and Nathaniel Loewentheil, August 2012
Jobs and Workers, Economic Growth & Innovation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
How Progressives Can Regain the Initiative
Marshall Ganz, August 2012
Social Movements, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
The Past and Future of the Senate Filibuster
Eric Schickler and Gregory Wawro, August 2012
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
Federalism and the Dynamism of American Politics
David Brian Robertson, May 2012
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
Women's Pathways to America's State Legislatures
Kira Sanbonmatsu, May 2012
Women, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
Can Advocacy Groups Speak for the Most Disadvantaged?
Dara Z. Strolovitch, May 2012
Women, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement
U.S. Presidents and the Challenge of Party-Building
Daniel Galvin, April 2012
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
Why America’s Election System is Failing – And How to Fix It
Heather Gerken, April 2012
Voters and Voter Participation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Election 2012
How Community Organizations Can Build National Networks
Richard L. Wood, April 2012
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement
Who Gets What They Want from Government?
Martin Gilens, March 2012
Inequality & the Middle Class, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Media and Public Opinion
'None of the Politicians Come to See Us at All' – How Rural People View Government and Political Parties
Katherine Cramer Walsh, March 2012
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Media and Public Opinion
Governance through Engaged Citizenship
Harry C. Boyte, March 2012
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Civic Engagement
How Progressives Saved Election-Day Voter Registration in Maine
Amy Fried, March 2012
Voters and Voter Participation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
When Cooperation through Government Makes Sense
Jane Mansbridge, February 2012
Public Budgets and Taxes, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
The Downside of Urban Growth by Undemocratic Means
Michael Peter Smith, February 2012
Cities and Regions, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
How the GI Bill Built the Middle Class and Enhanced Democracy
Suzanne Mettler, January 2012
Higher Education, Inequality & the Middle Class, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
Does Class Matter When Americans Vote?
Jeffrey Stonecash, January 2012
Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
How Government by the Privileged Distorts Economic Policy
Nicholas Carnes, January 2012
Unions & the Labor Movement, Public Budgets and Taxes, Inequality & the Middle Class, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
Beyond Class War: Americans Want Government to Promote Equal Opportunity
Lawrence R. Jacobs, December 2011
Inequality & the Middle Class, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy, Media and Public Opinion
Contacting Disadvantaged Citizens Turns Them into Voters
Carrie Ann LeVan, November 2011
Race and Ethnicity, Voters and Voter Participation, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy
How Washington Has Made the Rich Richer – And Abandoned the Middle Class
Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson , October 2011
Public Budgets and Taxes, Inequality & the Middle Class, Revitalizing U.S. Democracy