Politics

A Century of Congressional Apportionment (in Graphs)

By Alex Engler Congressional apportionment, the process by which Members of the House of Representatives are distributed among the states, affects every corner of federal policy. Whether it’s the Sun Belt’s water policy or the Rust Belt’s tax credits, geography defines politics. How a nation is changing—not just in its population but also in its […]

Cold as Ice: Why It Matters That the Canadian Government is Backing Out of UN Climate Change Efforts

by Jacob Patterson-Stein At the end of March, while answering questions in the House of Commons, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper calmly explained why he was stopping payments to an organization that, in his words, “spends less than 20 percent of the funds that we send […] on programming.” At a time when governments everywhere […]

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