



An Alternative to Partisan Politics
Partisanship and gridlock are holding our nation back.
Americans want their leaders to come together around common-sense policies to tackle our hardest problems. The path forward is clear: Increase civic engagement. Improve the quality of political discourse. Support leaders who work together to forge common sense solutions to our hardest problems. If enough Americans come together to reclaim our politics, America will get moving again. Common Ground was written to help us begin.
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Translation, Please: Balance of Trade
What is a tariff? A tariff is a tax imposed by one nation on imports from another nation. In effect, tariffs increase the price of the imported…
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Whatever Happened to Bowles-Simpson?
In March 2014, a few months after the 16-day shutdown of the federal government, 80 percent of Americans said they worried a great deal or a fair…
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Well Grounded: Change the Tone, Change the Outcome
This past summer, a musical comedy called “Dave” opened in Washington, D.C. Based on the 1993 movie of the same name, the plot revolves around an everyman…
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The Challenges of Measuring Poverty
A few years ago, detractors of anti-poverty programs made a distressing claim: these programs don’t actually work. Census Bureau data at the time showed that the poverty…