The Nation
Government, civic life, and the institutions that hold the Republic together.
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The Nation
The Quiet Machinery of the Census
Every ten years the Republic counts itself, in one of the least noticed and most consequential acts of American self-government.
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The Nation
How a Bill Becomes Law, and Why It Often Does Not
Most bills introduced in Congress never become law, and that is closer to design than to dysfunction.
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The Nation
The Shape of the American Workweek
The forty-hour standard was neither ancient nor inevitable. Understanding how it was built clarifies the debates now reshaping it.