You Hold Your Election with the System You Have
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from across the web over the last week to better understand America
Browse our library
Search and filter below to explore our library of research, essays, commentary, and more.
Results
The Young Men Up For Grabs
Young non-white men are key swing voters in 2024, but Democrats don’t speak to them
These Progressive Ideas Flopped. They’re Still Dangerous.
The moral arc of history doesn’t always bend towards the Left’s political ideology.
Elite Misalignment
Understanding the break between elite and everyday interests
Democracy and Culture on the Ballot
One campaign offers a shared culture. The other, disintegrative notions of “diversity.”
We All Have Dreams, but What’s the American Reality?
For most, seeking fortune in the big city ain’t it
The Case of the Disappearing Industrial Crown Jewels…Cracked.
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from across the web over the last week to better understand America
Turning Down the Electoral Temperature
Democratic elections aren’t supposed to be life-or-death
What If Honesty Really Is The Best Policy In Politics?
Data suggests Americans can handle the truth if politicians are willing to tell it
New Survey Upends Conventional Wisdom About the American Dream
PRESS RELEASE — The American people reject the story of opportunity, mobility, and consumerism that politicians have been telling them for a generation
The American Wake-Up Call
Politicians are still selling a “Dream” that voters aren’t buying
On the State of Neighboring
The consequences of America’s fraying social fabric in one conversation
The Adulthood Crisis with Sam Pressler
Harvard’s Sam Pressler joins to discuss the developmental crisis for young people who don’t go to college and his new policy framework, Connective Tissue, to address it.
Ya Gotta Have Relationships to Make Relationships
Networks across classes are a particularly valuable form of social capital
Do Progressives “Believe” the Realignment? It’s a Moo Point.
Like a cow’s opinion, you know, it just doesn’t matter. It’s moo.
Why Shouldn’t Dock Workers Earn More than the Pundits Complaining About Them?
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from across the web over the last week to better understand America
The Houses Will Rot in the Fields…
With a special guest appearance by former president Bill Clinton!
Mapping Out the 2024 Stakes
House control, often overlooked, could be deeply consequential post-election
The Heartland’s Political Realignment with Sarah Smarsh
Journalist and best-selling author Sarah Smarsh joins Oren to talk about the political realignment taking place in America’s Heartland.
Old-Right Failures Are New Lefty Talking Points
Vance’s debate showing highlights where the Right is heading, and what it must leave behind
