Napoleons in Pinstripes: The Rise of the Business Mogul as Politician
The authoritarian threat when titans of business invade the political arena.
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U.S. Politics & Society
Is Now the Time to Break with the Democrats?: A Debate
What should be the strategy on the left at this time?
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David Daley Excerpt, Divided Results: Voting and Partisan Gerrymandering
In this video clip, David Daley, author of Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy, discusses the dramatic new scope and impact of gerrymandering following the 2010 Census. Daley spoke alongside legal experts at a panel discussion held at the Murphy Institute
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America the Decrepit: The Trump Plan Won’t Fix the Infrastructure Deficit
Public-private schemes are full of potholes.
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Info-Tech Is Not the New Utopia
Is another (economic) world possible?
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Appeal for a Reinvigorated Veterans Movement
I carry numbers. Ernest Hemingway carried numbers too. In his case, it was the numbers of roads and regiments. He didn’t care much for platitudes about glory, sacrifice, honor, or courage. He found them obscene. So do I. But my numbers are different from his. The numbers I’m most conscious of – that claw at me – are the numbers of the dead. Twenty-five. That’s the number of
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Over the Rainbow: The Uncertain Future of U.S. Politics
The World Turned Upside Down: ‘Our Revolution,’ Trump Triumphant, and the Remaking of the Democratic Party When Bernie Sanders conceded
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The Democratic Party Left After the Ellison DNC Campaign: Unite or Fight?
One thing to keep in mind about the recent Thomas Perez–Keith Ellison race for Democratic National Committee chair is that it was pretty much an only-in-America sort of thing. Were we in any kind of parliamentary system – like most countries have – the two sides would probably be in different parties – the Bernie Sanders core of the Ellison
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The New Wave of Organizing on Social Media
Since Trump’s election, a number of ‘new’ network and campaigns have sprung up, seemingly out of nowhere. The smallest of
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LittleSis – the Database of Hidden Relationships Among the Powerful
LittleSis is the snarky alternative to Big Brother – a way for the little people to watch the powerful. A
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