POLITICS
Power, Institutions and Trust
Why public confidence matters more than ever.
The Eye / Section
POLITICS
Original perspectives, essays and analysis from The Eye.
POLITICS
America’s Second Constitutional Crisis
Polarization is no longer a bug. It is the system.
POLITICS
The Fragile Center
What political compromise means in a divided age.
POLITICS
America’s Second Constitutional Crisis
America’s Second Constitutional Crisis Polarization is no longer a bug. It is the system. The framers of the United States Constitution designed a government intended to balance competing interests. Checks and balances were supposed to prevent concentration of power while encouraging compromise. Today, however, compromise itself appears increasingly elusive. Political polarization has evolved beyond disagreement […]