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News and Commentary

• Boston Globe: Send money now! Please. We’re begging, by Noah Bierman (Sept 18, 2014)
• Foreign Affairs: America in Decay, by Francis Fukuyama (Sept-Oct 2014 issue)
• Boston Globe: Broken City, e-book collection of Globe articles from its Washington Bureau (2013). Articles referenced are:
  • Turning the map into a partisan weapon, by Tracy Jan (July 22, 2013)
  • A lesson for Bob Dole: old rules no longer apply, by Michael Kranish (March 24, 2013)
  • Deadlock by design hobbles election agency, by Christopher Rowland (July 7, 2013)
  • Kansas district shuns compromise, by Matt Viser (Apr 4, 2013)
  • Tax lobbyists help businesses reap windfalls, by Christopher Rowland (Mar 17, 2013)
  • As Obama, Senate collide, courts caught short, by Matt Viser (Mar 3, 2013)
  • For freshmen in Congress, focus is on raising money, by Tracy Jan (May 11, 2013)
  • Democratic strategy promotes Tea Party rivals, by Noah Bierman (Aug 24, 2013)
  • Washington's robust market for attacks and half-truths, by Michael Kranish (May 19, 2013)
  • One nominee, 1,000 questions, by Noah Bierman (May 16, 2013)
  • Lawmaker finds new realities in return to Congress, by Matt Viser (May 27, 2013)
  • Farm bill fails as trade-offs of yore vanish, by Matt Viser (June 21, 2013)
  • The role of partisan media, by Michael Kranish (Oct 5, 2013)
  • Many D.C. think tanks now players in partisan wars, by Bryan Bender (Aug 10, 2013)
  • Boehner pulled from two directions, by Noah Bierman (Oct 3, 2014)
  • Obama's vision of unity led only to a wider gap, by Matt Viser (Oct 14, 2013)
  • Researcher helps sow climate-change doubt, by Christopher Rowland (Nov 5, 2014)
  • Bipartisan group finds bridges hard to build, by Tracy Jan (Dec 1, 2013)
  • Solutions
    • Ideas abound for breaking logjam, but D.C. isn't listening, by Michael Kranish (Dec 8, 2013)
    • Nonpartisan primaries become a game changer, by Matt Viser (Dec 8, 2014)
    • UK's parliamentary system offers clues for escaping gridlock, by Michael Kranish (Dec 8, 2013)
    • Connecticut bucking tide of election dollars, by Noah Bierman (Dec 8, 2014)
    • Iowa keeping partisanship off the map, by Tracy Jan (Dec 8, 2013)