The Court was the last real line of defense for the right to access abortion in this country. With Kavanaugh’s confirmation, ...

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American democracy is under direct threat today, and that threat must be vanquished. But in the longer term, we also need to think about ways to make democracy in the United States more representative ...

In the fall of 2018, University of California, Berkeley economist Emmanuel Saez said, to an audience of economists, policymakers, and the press, “If the data don’t fit the theory, change the theory.” ...

China’s authoritarian model presents a new and challenging set of risks to the United States and the current international system. Over the past decade, the Chinese leadership has shifted from simply ...

Arguments Cleansing Ourselves of Trumpism We can’t wish away the resentments he’s stoked. But we can counter them. By Jim Sleeper from December 22, 2020, 4:41 pm – 13 MIN READ Tagged Civics Democracy ...

What can be done to curb the excessive and, sometimes, predatory policing that has emerged from the Drug War?

One way or another, we will come out the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic into a new world. The question is which one.

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The historic labor act faces unprecedented assaults in the Trump era. Here’s what that means for our democracy.

Book Reviews When the Anti-Feminists Roared Back In the early 1970s, even Nixon was a feminist. By decade’s end, things had changed. By Alice Echols from Summer 2017, No. 45 – 16 MIN READ Tagged ...

An FDR-style legislative steamroller is not possible. But ad hoc majorities in support of specific goals are entirely achievable. Here’s how.