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Fort Cavazos: The Armored Nerve Center of III Corps
How a vast Texas installation became the Army’s laboratory for armored warfare, combined arms, and the logistics of corps-level maneuver.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord and Pacific Readiness
Why the Army–Air Force installation south of Tacoma is best understood as a launch platform for moving force across the Pacific.
Naval Station Mayport and the Atlantic Fleet
A protected harbor, a naval airfield and the distributed logistics of U.S. maritime power on Florida’s Atlantic edge.
Fort Bliss and Air Defense Artillery: The Army’s High-Desert Shield
Fort Bliss is more than a large Army post: it is the institutional home of air and missile defense training, operational headquarters, and the desert ranges that turn doctrine into readiness.
NAS Whidbey Island and the Invisible Front
Why the Pacific Northwest base matters to the aircraft, people, and update cycle behind modern electronic warfare.
Fort Carson: The Army’s Mountain Warfare Laboratory
South of Colorado Springs, a wartime camp became a permanent post where infantry, special operations and support units learn how terrain turns movement into a systems problem.
Wright-Patterson: Where Air Force Research Becomes Capability
The Ohio installation is not one laboratory but a century-old network linking flight test, acquisition, intelligence, sustainment and the people who make systems work.
Camp Lejeune: The East Coast Engine of Marine Corps Power
Camp Lejeune combines beaches, ports, expeditionary units, logistics, and special operations into the Marine Corps’ most consequential East Coast duty-station ecosystem.
Fort Campbell and the 101st Airborne: The Post Built for Air Assault
Fort Campbell is more than a famous Army address. It is the training-and-deployment ecosystem that turns the 101st Airborne’s helicopter mobility into usable operational tempo.
The Soft Machinery of Belief
What the psychology of persuasion reveals about propaganda: the small social cues that turn a message into a movement.
The Human Move: Game Theory Beyond the Payoff Matrix
A SciShow explainer on the prisoner’s dilemma becomes a field guide to incentives, Nash equilibrium, and the behavioral details that standard economics leaves out.
The Coming Constitutional Convention: Why 28 States Are Quietly Organizing
N43 ANALYSIS Politics N43 ANALYSIS The Coming Constitutional Convention: Why 28 States Are Quietly Organizing Article V allows states to bypass Congress and amend the Constitution. They need 34. We mapped every active Article V resolution.…
How Lobbyists Write Your State Laws: The ALEC Playbook Exposed
N43 ANALYSIS Politics N43 ANALYSIS How Lobbyists Write Your State Laws: The ALEC Playbook Exposed We tracked 1,200 model bills from the American Legislative Exchange Council across all 50 state legislatures. 212 became law. By N43 and…
The Two Americas: How State Policy Divergence Is Creating Separate Countries
N43 ANALYSIS Politics N43 ANALYSIS The Two Americas: How State Policy Divergence Is Creating Separate Countries On abortion, guns, healthcare, minimum wage, and voting rights, states are now as different as separate nations. We scored all…
Why America Has 500,000 Elected Officials (More Than Any Other Democracy)
N43 ANALYSIS Politics N43 ANALYSIS Why America Has 500,000 Elected Officials (More Than Any Other Democracy) From school boards to mosquito districts, America elects more officials than the rest of the democratic world combined. We mapped…
The Voter ID Wars: What the Data Actually Shows About Fraud vs Access
N43 ANALYSIS Politics N43 ANALYSIS The Voter ID Wars: What the Data Actually Shows About Fraud vs Access 36 states now require photo ID. We analyzed turnout data from every state before and after ID laws to separate the rhetoric from the…
Supreme Court Approval Is at Record Lows. Does It Matter?
N43 ANALYSIS Politics N43 ANALYSIS Supreme Court Approval Is at Record Lows. Does It Matter? Approval of the Court dropped from 62% in 2000 to 39% in 2025. We chart every approval poll since 1938 to find the historical pattern. By N43 and…
Campaign Finance After Citizens United: Where the $16 Billion Went
N43 ANALYSIS Politics N43 ANALYSIS Campaign Finance After Citizens United: Where the $16 Billion Went 2024 was the most expensive election in world history. We traced every dollar through FEC filings to see who bought what. By N43 and…
The Electoral College vs Popular Vote: A 200-Year Gap That's Getting Worse
N43 ANALYSIS Politics N43 ANALYSIS The Electoral College vs Popular Vote: A 200-Year Gap That's Getting Worse In five of the last six elections, the popular vote winner also won the Electoral College. But the margin is narrowing. We chart…
Gerrymandering Math: How 7% of Voters Decide 60% of Congressional Seats
N43 ANALYSIS Politics N43 ANALYSIS Gerrymandering Math: How 7% of Voters Decide 60% of Congressional Seats We analyzed competitiveness scores for all 435 House districts. The median district was decided by 23 points in 2024. Here's the…
The Senate Filibuster Is Dead. Here's What Comes Next for American Legislation
N43 ANALYSIS Politics N43 ANALYSIS The Senate Filibuster Is Dead. Here's What Comes Next for American Legislation The procedural rule that defined a century of Senate compromise is unraveling. We mapped every cloture vote since 1917 to…
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