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# January/​February 2018 

Vol. 40 No. 1 

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##### From the Cover 

### [Politicians, Voters, and Gerrymandering ](/policy-report/january/february-2018/politicians-voters-gerrymandering)

By [Walter Olson](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson) 

##### Features 

#### [New Challenges to Liberty ](/policy-report/january/february-2018/new-challenges-liberty)

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

#### [A Brief Guide to Statistics ](/policy-report/january/february-2018/brief-guide-statistics)

Your key to spotting common errors in misleading statistics

#### [Cato News Notes ](/policy-report/january/february-2018/cato-news-notes)

#### [Powerless on the Bench ](/policy-report/january/february-2018/powerless-bench)

#### [Cato Conferences ](/policy-report/january/february-2018/cato-conferences)

#### [Immigration: Setting the Record Straight ](/policy-report/january/february-2018/immigration-setting-record-straight)

Cato scholars take center stage in immigration debate

#### [A Self-Made Man ](/policy-report/january/february-2018/self-made-man)

Frederick Douglass’s overlooked legacy of liberty

#### [Cato Studies ](/policy-report/january/february-2018/cato-studies)

#### [To Be Governed… ](/policy-report/january/february-2018/be-governed)

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