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# November/​December 2021 

Vol. 43 No. 6 

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##### From the Cover 

### [The Dos and Don’ts of Defending Democracy ](/policy-report/november/december-2021/dos-donts-defending-democracy)

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

There seems to be a race on both sides to jettison credibility.

##### Features 

#### [Giving Thanks for Liberty ](/policy-report/november/december-2021/giving-thanks-liberty)

By [Peter Goettler](https://www.cato.org/people/peter-goettler) 

We focus hard on stewarding Cato for the long term.

#### [Supreme Injustice: How the Court Has Enabled Mass Incarceration ](/policy-report/november/december-2021/supreme-injustice-how-court-has-enabled-mass-incarceration)

By Rachel E. Barkow 

We now live in a country where one out of every three adults has a criminal record. For every 17 people born in 2001, 1 of them will go to prison or jail.

#### [Constitution Day at Cato: Judging the Supreme Court ](/policy-report/november/december-2021/constitution-day-cato-judging-supreme-court)

Free speech, privacy, and federalism

#### [Cato News Notes ](/policy-report/november/december-2021/cato-news-notes)

Cato welcomes new talent to further its mission of individual liberty, and gift ideas for the holidays.

#### [How to Fix California ](/policy-report/november/december-2021/how-fix-california)

Cato project delivers its final report

#### [*Cato Journal* Ends Four-Decade Run](/policy-report/november/december-2021/cato-journal-ends-four-decade-run)

Quarterly periodical has featured leading lights on policy and economics

#### [Cato Studies ](/policy-report/november/december-2021/cato-studies)

Recent studies released by the Cato Institute.

#### [To Be Governed… ](/policy-report/november/december-2021/be-governed)

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