Why Bad Ballot Design Is a Really Significant Problem
There is a widespread problem with ballots in the United States: they’re often horribly designed.
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Big Ideas in Social Science: An Interview With Doreen Massey on Space
The latest in a series of conversations with leading intellectuals in collaboration with the Social Science Bites podcast…
How the Trump Campaign Exposed America’s Sleeping Authoritarianism
A new analysis of American values reveals a deepening philosophical divide among voters. And this election’s outcome may…
The Self-Segregation of Democrats
Hillary Clinton looks increasingly likely to win the White House, but her party faces a big obstacle to…
The Ballot Is Too Damned Long
Do any of us really know what we’re even voting for? By Seth Masket D98‚9*(Photo: Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images)…
Department of Labor: States Are Failing Injured Workers
A new Department of Labor report says cuts to state workers’ comp systems have left injured workers with…
Super PAC to Billionaire Donor: We Need More Money to Save a Republican Senate
An errant email from a PAC supporting Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania highlights Republican anxiety: “Trump has taken…
Polarization Isn’t That Hard to Come By
Researchers show that, even when we agree on the logic of an argument, disagreements over a single statement…
Big Ideas in Social Science: An Interview With Jonathan Haidt on Moral Psychology
The latest in a series of conversations with leading intellectuals in collaboration with the Social Science Bites podcast…
Masculinity in the Time of Trump
Is the furor of the candidate’s supporters rooted in feelings of emasculation? By Tom Jacobs (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr)…